Ftp command nlist not supporting in sftp


 
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Old 05-01-2017
Ftp command nlist not supporting in sftp

Hi,

We are using HP-UX. Previously we were using ftp to connect to remote list the text file name and copy into local file with .ls extension. For this we are using
Code:
nlist RBOBAR*.txt DMSFT.ls

now we want to convert the integration with sftp. So In sftp nlist command is not supported. How can we write a script to copy the remote file name lists to local directory into the file in sftp. Can anyone help me to solve the concern . Thanking you advance.

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 05-01-2017 at 12:34 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 05-01-2017
The nlist ftp command in sftp is ls

Some sftp servers support dir

So, change nlist to ls
# 3  
Old 05-02-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
The nlist ftp command in sftp is ls

Some sftp servers support dir

So, change nlist to ls

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply...

I have used ls in script instead of nlist. But it only lists the file. My requirement is to copy the name of file listed to a local file through sftp.
# 4  
Old 05-02-2017
sftp does not have this command or anything like it. You will have to capture sftp's output and process it.
# 5  
Old 05-02-2017
wouldn't sftp's get with wildcard do the trick?
# 6  
Old 05-02-2017
Depends on what he's trying to do. If in the end all he needs to do is retrieve a list of files matching wildcards, mget will do.
# 7  
Old 05-02-2017
Code:
sftp me@anothercomputer <<! > listoffilenames.txt
cd /path/to/files
ls RBOBAR*.txt DMSFT.ls
!
# want to see what you got? add this line
cat listoffilenames.txt

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