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Hi ,

I want to pull files from ftp monthly once . The files in ftp has a something like 292_fileto_pull and next month it will be 293_fileto_pull for each month the number keeps increasing. i thought in my script if i can use date and increment the number by it

mget *_292_fileto_pull

i want to change the 292 value every time automatically when i run the script

Any help would be Thankfull

add a block like the following to the start of the run to keep track of the counter in a file.

Code:

$next=$(( $(cat .last_run) + 1 ))
echo $next >> .last_run

Hi Skrynesaver ,

srry for late reply i didnt get a chance to work on this after posting the thread the above code you provided works fine for me


Thank you!!