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

#!/usr/bin/env python
import paramiko
import select
client = paramiko.SSHClient()
client.load_system_host_keys()
client.connect('yourhost.com')
transport = client.get_transport()
channel = transport.open_session()
channel.exec_command("cat /path/to/your/file")
while True:
  rl, wl, xl = select.select([channel],[],[],0.0)
  if len(rl) > 0:
      # Must be stdout
      print channel.recv(1024)