import socket, sys port = 70 host = "127.0.0.1" filename = "test.txt" s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) try: s.connect((host, port)) except socket.gaierror, e: print "Error connecting to server: %s" % e sys.exit(1) s.sendall(filename + "\r\n") while 1: buf = s.recv(2048) if not len(buf): break sys.stdout.write(buf)