from pexpect import pxssh
from codecs import encode

ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
username = 'user'
password = 'pass'
prompt = 'Something # '

s = pxssh.pxssh()

def send_cmd(s, cmd):
    "A simple generic function to send a command via SSH and printing it's result"
    s.sendline(cmd)
    s.prompt(timeout=1)
    print('*'*20)
    print((s.before).decode("utf-8"))
    return

if not s.login (ip, username, password, auto_prompt_reset=False):
    print('SSH session failed on login')
    print(str(s))
else:
    print('SSH session login successful')
    s.PROMPT = prompt
    send_cmd(s, 'commands')
    send_cmd(s, 'end')
    s.logout()
    print('Logged out of SSH session')