import paramiko
import getpass
import re


IP = 'xx.xx.xx.xx'
USER = 'xxx'
PASSWORD = 'xxx.

ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())


def initiatessh():
    ssh.connect( IP, username=USER, password=PASSWORD)


def grabsshdata():
    stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('pwd', timeout=60)
    print('command executed')
    data = re.sub(r'\s+', '\n', str(stdout.read(), 'UTF-8')).splitlines()
    list = [line for line in data if line != '\n']
    print('printing')
    print(list)


print('connection')
initiatessh()
print('established')
print('grabbing data')
grabsshdata()