Script to enable remote login

In my job I am constantly required to SSH into other computers to fix problems via terminal. Is there any known script that I can use to enable remote login on my computer quickly rather than having to go to system preferences every time?
Thanks for your help!

I'm not sure I understand this request.
In my job I am constantly required to SSH into other computers to fix problems via terminal.
OK, fair enough...
Is there any known script that I can use to enable remote login on my computer
Enabling SSH/remote login on your computer isn't going to help at all. You need to enable remote login on the remote computer.
It may be possible to have an AppleScript execute commands on a remote machine, if that's what you mean, but in order for this to happen the remote machine has to have Remote Apple Events enabled. In my experience, there are even fewer machines with Remote Apple Events enabled than there are with Remote Login - it's disabled by default and is unlikely to be enabled by most users.
So if Remote Login isn't enabled, your only solution is Remote Apple Events, but if that's off you're pretty much out of luck (unless you have some kind of screen sharing setup running).

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debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
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Let me give you some set-up details before I ask you the question.
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