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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers If then else in with mget command Post 302501035 by zaxxon on Wednesday 2nd of March 2011 10:02:56 AM
Old 03-02-2011
You did not tell anything about the other suggestions like using scp instead of sftp, but yes, you can do this, but the problem will be, that every output your sftp client produces, will be caught in that variable.
A more clean solution would be using ssh/scp.

Example (adjust your shell and <user> <host> etc. of course!):
Code:
#!/bin/bash

echo "Starting.. -" $(date)

# get list:
echo "Getting file list ..."
FILELIST="$(ssh -o "ConnectTimeout=3" -o "BatchMode yes" <user>@<host> ls -1 /directory/${JOURNAL_CODE}*_[1-2]_Audit*.txt)"

# if $FILELIST not empty, then get files:
if [ -n $FILELIST ]; then
   for file in $FILELIST; do
      echo "Getting file $file ..."
      scp <user>@<host>:/directory/$file /localdestdir
   done
else
   echo "Sorry, nothing there."
fi

echo "This is the End -" $(date)
echo "--------------------------------------"

exit 0

Untested, maybe some slight modifications needed.
Last edited by zaxxon; 03-02-2011 at 11:16 AM.. Reason: added things in case it should be automated and written to a log via cron or what do I know ;)
 

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ECACCESS-FILE-MPUT(1p)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    ECACCESS-FILE-MPUT(1p)

NAME

       ecaccess-file-mput - Upload Multiple Local Files on the ECaccess File System at once

SYNOPSIS

       ecaccess-file-mput -version|-help|-manual

       ecaccess-file-mput [-debug] [-progress] [-force] [-umask mode] [-bufsize length] source-local-file [...] target-ecaccess-directory

DESCRIPTION

       Allow uploading Multiple Local Files on target-ecaccess-directory at once.

       The target-ecaccess-directory is in the form [domain:][/user-id/]path. Please read the "Shell commands -> File Management" section of the
       "ecaccess" guide for more information on the ECaccess File System.

       Please note this command is not recursive and will only upload plain-files (directories specified as source-ecaccess-file are ignored).

ARGUMENTS

       source-local-file [...]
	       The name(s) of the source File(s).

       target-ecaccess-directory
	       The name of the target ECaccess Directory.

OPTIONS

       -progress
	       Provide a progress meter on the standard terminal, allowing to monitor the file transmission in real-time. The progress bar is
	       removed from the terminal when the transmission is done. This option is not supported and ignored on Windows platforms.

       -force  Overrides the interactive mode and upload each file without prompting.

       -umask mode
	       The user file-creation mode mask (umask) is used to determine the file permission for newly created files. The default value is
	       640.

       -bufsize length
	       Specify the length of the buffer (in bytes) which is used to upload the files.  The larger the buffer the smaller the number of
	       http/s requests. By default a buffer of 10485760 bytes(10MB) is used.

       -version
	       Display version number and exits.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -manual Prints the manual page and exits.

       -debug  Display the SOAP messages exchanged.

EXAMPLES

       ecaccess-file-mput $HOME/*.txt home:/xyz/

       Upload the local $HOME/*.txt Files in the ECaccess $HOME directory of the user xyz.

SEE ALSO

       ecaccess-file-delete, ecaccess-file-get, ecaccess-file-mget, ecaccess-file-modtime, ecaccess-file-chmod, ecaccess-file-rmdir, ecaccess-
       file-copy, ecaccess-file-dir, ecaccess-file-mdelete, ecaccess-file-mkdir, ecaccess-file-move, ecaccess-file-put, ecaccess-file-size and
       ecaccess.

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