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Old 11-17-2008
shell script to ftp a file

Hi

I would like to construct a UNIX shell script which when run, it will log on to an existing ftp server using a generic account and password, then list the files in a specific folder that begins with the string "abc" and particular date. The file names along with their creation date are then to be extracted on a csv file (or similar) to other server. Can any one be able to help me on this please?

thanks,
Manish
# 2  
Old 11-17-2008
Try below script. Assign the appropriate values to the variables. mget fetches the multiple files with the specified condition.

#!/usr/bin/ksh

HOST='Your_Host_To_Connect'
USER='USER_ID'
PASSWD='PASSWORD'
DIRPATH=/home/manish/Files

echo "Fetching the requested data. Please wait..."

ftp -i -n $HOST <<EOF
user ${USER} ${PASSWD}
mget abc*
quit
EOF

echo "Done."
# 3  
Old 11-17-2008
To print the results in a file, you may use the below command
ftp -i -n $HOST <<EOF > FileName
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