code: def _send_command(self, cmd=""):
          
          self.connection.write_channel(cmd + "\n")
          time.sleep(1)
          output = self.connection._read_channel_timing()
          output = self.connection.strip_ansi_escape_codes(output)
          output = self.connection.strip_backspaces(output)
          return output
docs: Handle reading/writing channel directly. It is also sanitizing the output received.
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          cmd : str, optional
              The command to send to the remote device (default : "", just send a new line)
  
          Returns
          -------
          output : str
              The output from the command sent