# Buggy code
def run(self):
    """
    Execute the overall routine
    """
    fstr = "{0}.prep_jid".format(self.opts["master_job_cache"])
    jid = self.returners[fstr]()

    # Save the invocation information
    argv = self.opts["argv"]

    if self.opts["raw_shell"]:
        fun = "ssh._raw"
        args = argv
    else:
        fun = argv[0] if argv else ""
        args = argv[1:]

    job_load = {
        "jid": jid,
        "tgt_type": self.tgt_type,
        "tgt": self.opts["tgt"],
        "user": self.opts["user"],
        "fun": fun,
        "arg": args,
    }

    # save load to the master job cache
    self.returners["{0}.save_load".format(self.opts["master_job_cache"])](jid, job_load)

    if self.opts.get("verbose"):
        msg = "Executing job with jid {0}".format(jid)
        print(msg)
        print("-" * len(msg) + "\n")
        print("")
    for ret in self.handle_ssh():
        host = ret.keys()[0]
        self.cache_job(jid, host, ret[host])
        ret = self.key_deploy(host, ret)
        outputter = ret[host].get("out", self.opts.get("output", "nested"))
        p_data = {host: ret[host].get("return", {})}
        salt.output.display_output(p_data, outputter, self.opts)
        if self.event:
            self.event.fire_event(
                ret, salt.utils.event.tagify([jid, "ret", host], "job")
            )


# Traceback (AttributeError)
mp@silver ~ % sudo salt-ssh 127.0.0.1 test.ping                                                   1
Permission denied for host 127.0.0.1, do you want to deploy the salt-ssh key? (password required):
[Y/n] y
Password for root@127.0.0.1:
[ERROR   ] An un-handled exception was caught by salt's global exception handler:
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'get'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/scripts/salt-ssh", line 10, in <module>
salt_ssh()
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/salt/scripts.py", line 166, in salt_ssh
client.run()
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/salt/cli/__init__.py", line 475, in run
ssh.run()
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/salt/client/ssh/__init__.py", line 458, in run
outputter = ret[host].get('out', self.opts.get('output', 'nested'))
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'get'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/scripts/salt-ssh", line 10, in <module>
salt_ssh()
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/salt/scripts.py", line 166, in salt_ssh
client.run()
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/salt/cli/__init__.py", line 475, in run
ssh.run()
File "/home/mp/Devel/salt/salt/client/ssh/__init__.py", line 458, in run
outputter = ret[host].get('out', self.opts.get('output', 'nested'))
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'get'

# Fixed code
def run(self):
    """
    Execute the overall routine
    """
    fstr = "{0}.prep_jid".format(self.opts["master_job_cache"])
    jid = self.returners[fstr]()

    # Save the invocation information
    argv = self.opts["argv"]

    if self.opts["raw_shell"]:
        fun = "ssh._raw"
        args = argv
    else:
        fun = argv[0] if argv else ""
        args = argv[1:]

    job_load = {
        "jid": jid,
        "tgt_type": self.tgt_type,
        "tgt": self.opts["tgt"],
        "user": self.opts["user"],
        "fun": fun,
        "arg": args,
    }

    # save load to the master job cache
    self.returners["{0}.save_load".format(self.opts["master_job_cache"])](jid, job_load)

    if self.opts.get("verbose"):
        msg = "Executing job with jid {0}".format(jid)
        print(msg)
        print("-" * len(msg) + "\n")
        print("")
    for ret in self.handle_ssh():
        host = ret.keys()[0]
        self.cache_job(jid, host, ret[host])
        ret = self.key_deploy(host, ret)
        if not isinstance(ret[host], dict):
            p_data = {host: ret[host]}
            outputter = self.opts.get("output", "nested")
        else:
            outputter = ret[host].get("out", self.opts.get("output", "nested"))
            p_data = {host: ret[host].get("return", {})}
        salt.output.display_output(p_data, outputter, self.opts)
        if self.event:
            self.event.fire_event(
                ret, salt.utils.event.tagify([jid, "ret", host], "job")
            )