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Old 07-09-2015
Shell script for FTP folder pattern
Hello,

I have 3 folders on FTP server in the format yyyymmddhhmiss as below,
Code:
ftp> cd /home/walgreens
250 CWD command successful

ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
20150708072901
20150708092901
20150708102901

The above folders are in the format on FTP is YYYYMMDDHHMiSS.
Code:
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
drwxrwxr-x   2 root     root         4096 Jul  8 07:53 20150708072901
drwxrwxr-x   2 root     root         4096 Jul  8 09:53 20150708092901
drwxrwxr-x   2 root     root         4096 Jul  8 10:53 20150708102901
226 Transfer complete

The script needs to select the FTP folder 20150708102901, since this is the latest one (arrived at 10am).

The script has to select the folder 20150708102901 and fetch the gz file inside it.
Code:
ftp> cd 20150708102901
250 CWD command successful

ftp> get CA.gz


Thanks
pavan



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Old 07-10-2015
You may need to do this in three steps:-
  • Use ftp to get a listing
  • Work on the output to determine what to get
  • Use 2nd ftp to get it
Can you work out the steps that a human operator would do it? If so, then with refinement you can achieve your aim.

What have you tried so far, and where do you get stuck?



Robin
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