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Old 02-16-2009, 05:54 AM   #1
abharsair
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FTP get script wildcard


Hi guy's please can you help? I've written a ftp script that should log onto the ftp location and drag back any file that ends in a .dat extension, however I can't get the wildcard *.dat to work...

The script works fine if I put a full filename in however....I'm lost..

#!/bin/bash

remote=ftpadd
username=user
passwd=password
localdir=/local/dir/
remotedir=/remote/dir/

ftp -in <<EOF
open $remote
user $username $passwd
lcd $localdir
cd $remotedir
get *.dat
close
bye
EOF
 
Old 02-16-2009, 05:56 AM   #2
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Use mget instead of get.
Code:
ftp> help mget
mget            get multiple files
 
Old 02-16-2009, 06:30 AM   #3
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cool, will that work with the * wildcard too?
 
Old 02-16-2009, 06:32 AM   #4
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cool, will that work with the * wildcard too?
Of course. Just try and find out!
 
Old 02-16-2009, 06:33 AM   #5
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thank you it worked a treat
 
  


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