from __future__ import print_function import paramiko client = paramiko.SSHClient() client.set_missing_host_key_policy( paramiko.MissingHostKeyPolicy()) client.connect('localhost') transport = client.get_transport() channel = transport.open_session() stdout = channel.makefile('rb') channel.exec_command('echo me') for line in stdout: print(line) channel.close() print("Exit status: %s" % channel.recv_exit_status())