(Perl) SSH Execute Remote Commands

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Shows how to execute a command on an SSH server and retrieve the command output.

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ssh = chilkat::CkSsh->new();

$port = 22;
$success = $ssh->Connect("the-ssh-server.com",$port);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Authenticate using login/password:
$success = $ssh->AuthenticatePw("theSshLogin","theSshPassword");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Send some commands and get the output.
$strOutput = $ssh->quickCommand("df","ansi");
if ($ssh->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "---- df ----" . "\r\n";
print $strOutput . "\r\n";

$strOutput = $ssh->quickCommand("echo hello world","ansi");
if ($ssh->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "---- echo hello world ----" . "\r\n";
print $strOutput . "\r\n";

$strOutput = $ssh->quickCommand("date","ansi");
if ($ssh->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "---- date ----" . "\r\n";
print $strOutput . "\r\n";

# --------------
# Sample output:

# 	---- df ----
# 	Filesystem    512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
# 	/dev/disk2    2176716032 265736304 1910467728    13% 33281036 238808466   12%   /
# 	devfs                382       382          0   100%      662         0  100%   /dev
# 	map -hosts             0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /net
# 	map auto_home          0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /home
# 	/dev/disk3s2      374668    374668          0   100%    93665         0  100%   /Volumes/Google Chrome
# 
# 	---- echo hello world ----
# 	hello world
# 
# 	---- date ----
# 	Thu Dec 22 17:19:32 CST 2016