Read a file from server with SSH using Python

Question

I am trying to read a file from a server using SSH from Python. I am using Paramiko to connect. I can connect to the server and run a command like cat filename

Answer 1

Here's an extension to @Matt Good's answer, using fabric:

from fabric.connection import Connection

with Connection(host, user) as c, c.sftp() as sftp,   \
         sftp.open('remote_filename') as file:
    for line in file:
        process(line)

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old Fabric 1 answer:

from contextlib     import closing
from fabric.network import connect

with closing(connect(user, host, port)) as ssh, \
     closing(ssh.open_sftp()) as sftp, \
     closing(sftp.open('remote_filename')) as file:
    for line in file:
        process(line)