Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/os/issmssh.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/os/issmssh.py	(revision 24227)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/os/issmssh.py	(revision 24228)
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
             key = eval(input('Key: (quoted string) '))
 
-            subprocess.call('%s/externalpackages/ssh/plink.exe-ssh - l "%s" - pw "%s" %s "%s"' % (ISSM_DIR, username, key, host, command), shell=True)
+            subprocess.call('%s/externalpackages/ssh/plink.exe-ssh -l "%s" -pw "%s" %s "%s"' % (ISSM_DIR, username, key, host, command), shell=True)
 
         else:
             #just use standard unix ssh
             if port:
-                subprocess.call('ssh - l %s - p %d localhost "%s"' % (login, port, command), shell=True)
+                subprocess.call('ssh -l %s -p %d localhost "%s"' % (login, port, command), shell=True)
             else:
-                subprocess.call('ssh - l %s %s "%s"' % (login, host, command), shell=True)
+                subprocess.call('ssh -l %s %s "%s"' % (login, host, command), shell=True)
 
     # The following code was added to fix: