Shell Programming and Scripting

hi,

i am using ftp command to get some files from a remote server.

if the remote server contains files of different extension.

Code:

abc.txt
def.txt
ghi.lst
jkl.cnf

is it possible to get all the three type of files in one ftp?

i am using this ftp command

Code:

$FTP $Remote_server <<_FTP1
     quote USER $username
     quote PASS $password
     cd $folder
     prompt noprompt
     binary
     mget *.txt
     quit
_FTP1

the above ftp code takes only files of extension .txt.

if there are more than one type of files files say *.txt, *.cnf, *.lst. how should i specify these 3 patterns in the single mget statement inside ftp command.
is it possible to include a for loop or any other loop inside the ftp command?

Have you tried

Code:

mget *.txt *.cnf *.lst

? if yes did you receive any error?

You can normally say mget *.txt *.cnf *.lst

It's OK to experiment around. Nothing's going to "break".

AFAIK, ftp has no for loop.

ya it works fine.

ftp indeed has no for loop or other such control structures, it's very simple and stupid. That it even has anything like mget is something to be grateful for