Hi dennis,

#!/bin/sh
var=$(ftp www.state.il.us << EOFFile
symphems
binary
ls
quit
EOFfile
)

This gives me the required results but the results of echo $var is as below:
11:52PM 61954 help1.zip 09-02-08 10:01PM 8153 help2.zip 09-02-08 10:01PM 1890 help3.zip

The results are in a single line.

Can you please help how i can have them one fter another.

Thanks,
Sandy