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Try something like:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-40328070-1">ftp -n -v $REMOTSERVER &lt;&lt; eof &gt; FileList.txt
user $FTPUSR $FTPPASSWD
cd $FTPDIR
dir MyFiles*
eof
#---- Now you have the names in &quot;FileList.txt&quot;
# </code></pre>
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Try something like:


ftp -n -v $REMOTSERVER << eof > FileList.txt
user $FTPUSR $FTPPASSWD
cd $FTPDIR
dir MyFiles*
eof
#---- Now you have the names in "FileList.txt"
# 

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You can just oportunistically fetch files with wildcards you need..
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You can just oportunistically fetch files with wildcards you need..

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Thanks for all the solutions
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I have some FTP and SFTP scripts that do a mget to pull files, however need to list files on the FTP/SFTP server and only pull those files in the list or certain files in the list?<br />
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Any examples would be helpful.<br />
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Thanks.
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I have some FTP and SFTP scripts that do a mget to pull files, however need to list files on the FTP/SFTP server and only pull those files in the list or certain files in the list?

Any examples would be helpful.

Thanks.

List files on a FTP or SFTP server and get only the files in the list

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