diff --git a/src/mad/ruby/ssh_stream.rb b/src/mad/ruby/ssh_stream.rb
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+
+require 'CommandManager'
+require 'open3'
+
+class SshStream
+    attr_reader :stream_out, :stream_err, :stdin
+    attr_reader :out, :err
+
+    #
+    #
+    EOF_ERR = "EOF_ERR"
+    EOF_OUT = "EOF_OUT"
+    RC_STR  = "ExitCode: "
+
+    EOF_CMD = "echo \"#{RC_STR}$?#{EOF_ERR}\" 1>&2; echo \"#{EOF_OUT}\""
+    SSH_CMD = "ssh"
+    #
+    #
+    #
+    def initialize(host)
+        @host = host
+    end
+
+    def opened?
+        defined?(@stdin)
+    end
+
+    def open
+        @stdin, @stdout, @stderr=Open3::popen3("#{SSH_CMD} #{@host} bash -s")
+
+        @stream_out = ""
+        @stream_err = ""
+
+        @out = ""
+        @err = ""
+    end
+
+    def close
+        @stdin.puts "\nexit"
+
+        @stdin.close  if not @stdin.closed?
+        @stdout.close if not @stdout.closed?
+        @stderr.close if not @stderr.closed?
+    end
+
+    def exec(command)
+        @out = ""
+        @err = ""
+
+        begin
+            @stdin.write "(#{command}); #{EOF_CMD}\n"
+            @stdin.flush
+        rescue
+
+        end
+    end
+
+    def wait_for_command
+        done_out = false
+        done_err = false
+
+        code = -1
+
+        while not (done_out and done_err)
+            rc, rw, = IO.select([@stdout, @stderr],[],[])
+
+            rc.each { |fd|
+                c = fd.read_nonblock(1)
+
+                if !c
+                    done = true
+                    break
+                end
+
+                if fd == @stdout
+                    @out << c
+                    done_out = true if @out.slice!("#{EOF_OUT}\n")
+                else
+                    @err << c
+
+                    tmp = @err.scan(/^#{RC_STR}(\d*)#{EOF_ERR}\n/)
+
+                    if tmp[0]
+                        code     = tmp[0][0].to_i
+                        done_err = true
+
+                        @err.slice!("#{EOF_ERR}\n")
+                    end
+                end
+            }
+        end
+
+        @stream_out << @out
+        @stream_err << @err
+
+        return code
+    end
+
+    def exec_and_wait(command)
+        exec(command)
+        wait_for_command
+    end
+end
+
+
+class SshStreamCommand < GenericCommand
+    def initialize(host, logger=nil, stdin=nil)
+        @host=host
+        super('true', logger, stdin)
+
+        @stream=SshStream.new(host)
+        @stream.open
+    end
+
+    def run(command, stdin=nil)
+        @stream.open unless @stream.opened?
+
+        @stream.exec(command)
+        @stream.stdin.write(stdin) if stdin
+
+        code=@stream.wait_for_command
+
+        @stdout=@stream.out
+        @stderr=@stream.err
+
+        if code!=0
+            log("Command execution fail: #{command}")
+        end
+
+        log(@stderr)
+
+        return code
+    end
+end
+
+
+if $0 == __FILE__
+
+    ssh=SshStream.new('localhost')
+
+    ssh.open
+
+    ssh.exec("date | tee /tmp/test.javi")
+    code=ssh.wait_for_command
+
+    puts "Code: #{code}"
+    puts "output: #{ssh.out}"
+
+    ssh.exec "cat << EOT | cat"
+    ssh.stdin.puts "blah blah\nmas blah\nrequeteblah"
+    ssh.stdin.puts "EOT"
+
+    code=ssh.wait_for_command
+
+    puts "Code: #{code}"
+    puts "output: #{ssh.out}"
+
+    code=ssh.exec_and_wait("whoami")
+
+    puts "Code: #{code}"
+    puts "output: #{ssh.out}"
+
+    code=ssh.exec_and_wait("touch /etc/pepe.txt")
+
+    puts "Code: #{code}"
+    puts "output: #{ssh.out}"
+    puts "output err: #{ssh.err}"
+
+
+    ssh.close
+
+end
+
+
+