Read and write file over SSH in python 3.5

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I have been unsuccessful in finding a way to read a file from a remote server over ssh and then writing a similar file in the same way. Paramiko doesn't seem to work with 3.5 and i'm not sure what else i can do.

Example of what i'm trying to do:

from shutil import copyfile
copyfile('10.1.1.5:v3/ec/s//01_inventory.txt', '10.1.1.5:v3/ec/s//01_inventory_Bkup.txt')

You could use subprocess to call scp via command like I suppose (https://ss64.com/bash/scp.html) — Outis, Mar 31 '17 at 17:00
@Outis How might i implement that into my python program? are these just CLI commands? — M4dW0r1d, Mar 31 '17 at 17:10
Possible duplicate of [How to copy a file to a remote server in Python using SCP or SSH?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/68335/how-to-copy-a-file-to-a-remote-server-in-python-using-scp-or-ssh) — Peter Wood, Mar 31 '17 at 17:12
You need to install it. See http://www.paramiko.org/installing.html — Alastair McCormack, Mar 31 '17 at 17:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '17 at 17:16

You could use scp I suppose (https://ss64.com/bash/scp.html). You would have something like this to replace your copyfile call:

import subprocess

subprocess.call("scp 10.1.1.5:v3/ec/s/01_inventory.txt 10.1.1.5:v3/ec/s/01_inventory_Bkup.txt", shell=True)

You could also use scp to copy to your local host, modify it as you would normally and then replace the original.

Read and write file over SSH in python 3.5

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