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Old 03-01-2014
List the file names available on FTP server before selecting the required file

Below is my script code.which shows the environment name and then fetch the file from the ftp server but I am facing one issue.The script should be run in both way.We can pass the arguments with script and select the environment name then file name.Here the issue is I am not able to list the files which are residing on the ftp server server so that the user can select the file.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
HOST='ftp.npq.net'
USER='xyz'
PASSWD='abc'
UNZIP='unzip $FILE'
LIST='ls -al'
#File_List='`ls -al`'
export Env="?TBD?";

## Set the following variable.
##
set_Env ()
{
 ## Fetching the Env from where the Build deliverable requiered (last option).
prompt_Env;
}

prompt_Env ()
{
echo -e "\nSelect the Enviornment Name\n";
sleep 1;
select Env in dv pf qa ig pp pn exit;
 do
  if [[ -n ${Env} ]]; then
    echo -e "\n\n - You selected: \"${Env}\"\n"
    break;
  else
    echo -e "\n\n - Invalid selection \"${REPLY}\"...Please try again.\n";
  fi
done
 if [[ ${Env} == "exit" ]]; then
  summary=$(
  echo -e "\n#################### FTP process - Aborted ####################\n";
  echo -e "Warning: User gracefully selected \"${Env}\" option to abort the script operation. Exiting with exit_code=151.";);
  echo "${summary}";
  exit 0;
  fi
}
#prompt_env;
#echo -e "Enter the Name of the file:";
#read FILE;
#DIRECTORY=TRAM/"${Env}"
#if [[ -z ${1} ]]; then
#prompt_env;
#fi

#set "${@}";
for ((i=1;$#>=$i;i++))
do
  argn="\${"$i"}";
  argn="$(eval echo $argn)";
  case "${argn%%=*}=" in
  "Env=")
   Env="${argn#*=}";
   Env="${Env:=?TBD?}";
  ;;
 esac
done

## Check arguments and set them if reqd.
## -------------------------------------

for arg in "Env=${Env}";
do
  ## Get Var=Val pair
  var="${arg%=*}";
  val="${arg#*=}";

  ## Check if mandatory params are not valid, set them if reqd.
  if [[ "${val}" == "?TBD?" ]]; then
     set_${var};
  fi
done

DIRECTORY=TRAM/"${Env}"

echo -n "ENTER the name of the file:";
read FILE
ftp -n $HOST << EOT
ascii
user $USER $PASSWD
cd $DIRECTORY
$LIST
get $FILE
bye
EOT
unzip $FILE
rm $FILE

# 2  
Old 03-02-2014
The dir subcommand will generally return a list of files.

Note that the dir command is not standardization by an RFC and varies by ftp implementation. Some versions of ftp allow you to save the list of files to a local file. For example, AIX 7.1
Quote:
dir [RemoteDirectory][LocalFile] Writes a listing of the contents of the specified remote directory (RemoteDirectory) to the specified local file (LocalFile). If the RemoteDirectory parameter is not specified, the dir subcommand lists the contents of the current remote directory. If the LocalFile parameter is not specified or is a - (hyphen), the dir subcommand displays the listing on the local terminal.
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