scp using paramiko doesnt work - ssh works fine

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I have been able to use ssh and issue command in the remote server. Now I want to scp files from the remote server but that just seems like its impossible. I'm totally new to python and Paramiko. The error is permission denied in my local directory of darn windows. The files are supposed to come from the Mac. Any other really really simple example I can use to scp files from a remote Linux machine to my local Windows machine?

import paramiko


hostname = '192.xx.1.xx'
password = 'pop123'
username = "husbad2"
port = 22

mypath='C:\\Users\\handsonexpert\\Documents'
remotepath='/Users/ihussain/testdir/file3.txt'


t = paramiko.Transport((hostname, 22))
t.connect(username=username, password=password)
sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
sftp.put(mypath, remotepath)

you should be using sftp.get if your aim is to retrieve the files from 192.168.1.132 into mypath. — Ali-Akber Saifee, Feb 19 '13 at 09:56

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 16 '16 at 22:22

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To retrieve files from a remote host into a local directory:

......
localpath='C:\\Users\\handsonexpert\\Documents\\file3.txt'
remotepath='/Users/ihussain/testdir/file3.txt'
......
sftp.get(remotepath, localpath)

edited Sep 16 '16 at 22:22

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answered Feb 19 '13 at 10:05

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This is using SFTP not scp ?? – danodonovan Feb 19 '13 at 11:13
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `remotepath,localpath' is this a valid error? – swateek Feb 22 '18 at 06:34

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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You're not using scp here, but SFTP (SFTPClient).

If you're set on using scp, maybe take a look at this paramiko scp client, there is an example of how to use it here.

Aside, out of general security interests and programming style, don't hard code your password and user credentials, and especially never publish them in a public forum like SO. We don't need them and you don't need to post them.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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`SFTP` and `FTP` are different protocols. – Kien Truong Feb 19 '13 at 10:54

scp using paramiko doesnt work - ssh works fine

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