Remotely run python script consisting of multiple files via ssh












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I want to run a python script remotely via ssh. For a single script this would be something like this:



ssh user@machine python test.py


If my python program consists of multiple files, I'm out of luck with this. As Python can execute zip-files, I created one and it runs perfectly on my local system:



python test.zip


Over ssh:



ssh user@machine python < test.zip


I got the error message "SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with...". Both files in the archive start with "-- coding: utf-8 --".



What do I have to do to make this work?










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  • do you expect test.zip to be on the local machine or on the remote machine?

    – Yaron
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:13











  • test.zip is on the local machine. I don't want to modify the remote machine by copying the .zip first but execute it directly.

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:15











  • I found this question on stackoverflow which is basically the same problem - but has no solution: stackoverflow.com/questions/20276105/…

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 16:09
















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I want to run a python script remotely via ssh. For a single script this would be something like this:



ssh user@machine python test.py


If my python program consists of multiple files, I'm out of luck with this. As Python can execute zip-files, I created one and it runs perfectly on my local system:



python test.zip


Over ssh:



ssh user@machine python < test.zip


I got the error message "SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with...". Both files in the archive start with "-- coding: utf-8 --".



What do I have to do to make this work?










share|improve this question























  • do you expect test.zip to be on the local machine or on the remote machine?

    – Yaron
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:13











  • test.zip is on the local machine. I don't want to modify the remote machine by copying the .zip first but execute it directly.

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:15











  • I found this question on stackoverflow which is basically the same problem - but has no solution: stackoverflow.com/questions/20276105/…

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 16:09














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I want to run a python script remotely via ssh. For a single script this would be something like this:



ssh user@machine python test.py


If my python program consists of multiple files, I'm out of luck with this. As Python can execute zip-files, I created one and it runs perfectly on my local system:



python test.zip


Over ssh:



ssh user@machine python < test.zip


I got the error message "SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with...". Both files in the archive start with "-- coding: utf-8 --".



What do I have to do to make this work?










share|improve this question














I want to run a python script remotely via ssh. For a single script this would be something like this:



ssh user@machine python test.py


If my python program consists of multiple files, I'm out of luck with this. As Python can execute zip-files, I created one and it runs perfectly on my local system:



python test.zip


Over ssh:



ssh user@machine python < test.zip


I got the error message "SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with...". Both files in the archive start with "-- coding: utf-8 --".



What do I have to do to make this work?







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  • do you expect test.zip to be on the local machine or on the remote machine?

    – Yaron
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:13











  • test.zip is on the local machine. I don't want to modify the remote machine by copying the .zip first but execute it directly.

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:15











  • I found this question on stackoverflow which is basically the same problem - but has no solution: stackoverflow.com/questions/20276105/…

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 16:09



















  • do you expect test.zip to be on the local machine or on the remote machine?

    – Yaron
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:13











  • test.zip is on the local machine. I don't want to modify the remote machine by copying the .zip first but execute it directly.

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 15:15











  • I found this question on stackoverflow which is basically the same problem - but has no solution: stackoverflow.com/questions/20276105/…

    – Christian Waidner
    Feb 21 '17 at 16:09

















do you expect test.zip to be on the local machine or on the remote machine?

– Yaron
Feb 21 '17 at 15:13





do you expect test.zip to be on the local machine or on the remote machine?

– Yaron
Feb 21 '17 at 15:13













test.zip is on the local machine. I don't want to modify the remote machine by copying the .zip first but execute it directly.

– Christian Waidner
Feb 21 '17 at 15:15





test.zip is on the local machine. I don't want to modify the remote machine by copying the .zip first but execute it directly.

– Christian Waidner
Feb 21 '17 at 15:15













I found this question on stackoverflow which is basically the same problem - but has no solution: stackoverflow.com/questions/20276105/…

– Christian Waidner
Feb 21 '17 at 16:09





I found this question on stackoverflow which is basically the same problem - but has no solution: stackoverflow.com/questions/20276105/…

– Christian Waidner
Feb 21 '17 at 16:09










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The basic problem with



ssh user@machine python < test.zip


is that test.zip is sent to ssh instead of python.



The solution in stack-overflow might work, if you'll implement the python-script mentioned there (copied below):



#!/usr/bin/python 

import sys
import os
import zipfile
import StringIO
import zipimport
import time

sys.path.append('/tmp')

class SinEater(object):
def __init__(self):
tmp = str(int(time.time()*100)) + '.zip'
f = open(tmp, 'w')
f.write(sys.stdin.read(1024*64)) # 64kb limit
f.close()
try:
z = zipimport.zipimporter(tmp)
z.load_module('foo')

except:
pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
print 'herp derp'
s = SinEater()


Save it as zip_parse_script.py on the remote machine and will execute your command using



test.zip | ssh user@machine python /path_to_python_script/zip_parse_script.py





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    The basic problem with



    ssh user@machine python < test.zip


    is that test.zip is sent to ssh instead of python.



    The solution in stack-overflow might work, if you'll implement the python-script mentioned there (copied below):



    #!/usr/bin/python 

    import sys
    import os
    import zipfile
    import StringIO
    import zipimport
    import time

    sys.path.append('/tmp')

    class SinEater(object):
    def __init__(self):
    tmp = str(int(time.time()*100)) + '.zip'
    f = open(tmp, 'w')
    f.write(sys.stdin.read(1024*64)) # 64kb limit
    f.close()
    try:
    z = zipimport.zipimporter(tmp)
    z.load_module('foo')

    except:
    pass

    if __name__ == '__main__':
    print 'herp derp'
    s = SinEater()


    Save it as zip_parse_script.py on the remote machine and will execute your command using



    test.zip | ssh user@machine python /path_to_python_script/zip_parse_script.py





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      The basic problem with



      ssh user@machine python < test.zip


      is that test.zip is sent to ssh instead of python.



      The solution in stack-overflow might work, if you'll implement the python-script mentioned there (copied below):



      #!/usr/bin/python 

      import sys
      import os
      import zipfile
      import StringIO
      import zipimport
      import time

      sys.path.append('/tmp')

      class SinEater(object):
      def __init__(self):
      tmp = str(int(time.time()*100)) + '.zip'
      f = open(tmp, 'w')
      f.write(sys.stdin.read(1024*64)) # 64kb limit
      f.close()
      try:
      z = zipimport.zipimporter(tmp)
      z.load_module('foo')

      except:
      pass

      if __name__ == '__main__':
      print 'herp derp'
      s = SinEater()


      Save it as zip_parse_script.py on the remote machine and will execute your command using



      test.zip | ssh user@machine python /path_to_python_script/zip_parse_script.py





      share|improve this answer


























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        The basic problem with



        ssh user@machine python < test.zip


        is that test.zip is sent to ssh instead of python.



        The solution in stack-overflow might work, if you'll implement the python-script mentioned there (copied below):



        #!/usr/bin/python 

        import sys
        import os
        import zipfile
        import StringIO
        import zipimport
        import time

        sys.path.append('/tmp')

        class SinEater(object):
        def __init__(self):
        tmp = str(int(time.time()*100)) + '.zip'
        f = open(tmp, 'w')
        f.write(sys.stdin.read(1024*64)) # 64kb limit
        f.close()
        try:
        z = zipimport.zipimporter(tmp)
        z.load_module('foo')

        except:
        pass

        if __name__ == '__main__':
        print 'herp derp'
        s = SinEater()


        Save it as zip_parse_script.py on the remote machine and will execute your command using



        test.zip | ssh user@machine python /path_to_python_script/zip_parse_script.py





        share|improve this answer













        The basic problem with



        ssh user@machine python < test.zip


        is that test.zip is sent to ssh instead of python.



        The solution in stack-overflow might work, if you'll implement the python-script mentioned there (copied below):



        #!/usr/bin/python 

        import sys
        import os
        import zipfile
        import StringIO
        import zipimport
        import time

        sys.path.append('/tmp')

        class SinEater(object):
        def __init__(self):
        tmp = str(int(time.time()*100)) + '.zip'
        f = open(tmp, 'w')
        f.write(sys.stdin.read(1024*64)) # 64kb limit
        f.close()
        try:
        z = zipimport.zipimporter(tmp)
        z.load_module('foo')

        except:
        pass

        if __name__ == '__main__':
        print 'herp derp'
        s = SinEater()


        Save it as zip_parse_script.py on the remote machine and will execute your command using



        test.zip | ssh user@machine python /path_to_python_script/zip_parse_script.py






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