# SFTP
import paramiko

channel = paramiko.Transport(('host', 22))
channel.connect(username='username', password='password')

client = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(channel)
client.chdir('/tmp')

print(client.getcwd())

cmd = client.sock.transport.open_session()

cmd.exec_command('ls -l')
cmdout = cmd.makefile('rb', -1).readlines()
cmderr = cmd.makefile_stderr('rb', -1).readlines()

print(cmdout, cmderr)