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I want to login in different machine in the network and copy a file from that machine to my machine.I want to do this using python.Any idea how can i do this .I have python 2.5 a nd ubuntu 8.10

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  • Or this one, with different constraints: stackoverflow.com/questions/68335/… Commented Jan 13, 2010 at 11:50
  • there is scp in python to from where i can download that module Commented Jan 14, 2010 at 5:57
  • @Amit: indeed, it is a dup. Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 9:51

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Use subprocess and call scp directly. This has the advantage of using your ssh settings, private keys and agent.

Look into Fabric if you need a more structured framework for doing local and remote operations.

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get paramiko or similar libraries.

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i have install paramiko but when type import paramiko in python shell it gives me error ImportError "No module named Crypto.Util.randpool" File: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/paramiko/rng.py, Then i downloaded the PyCrypto tar but it is not installing up

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