Long-running ssh commands in python paramiko module (and how to end them)

Question

I want to run a tail -f logfile command on a remote machine using python\'s paramiko module. I\'ve been attempting it so far in the following fashion:

Answer 1

To close the process simply run:

interface.close()

In terms of nonblocking, you can't get a non-blocking read. The best you would be able to to would be to parse over it one "block" at a time, "stdout.read(1)" will only block when there are no characters left in the buffer.