can wildcards be used with ftp downloads?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

It does yes.  Will see if my client supports the mget, I hope so.
Kare



On Sat, 28 Oct 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Some FTP clients support an "mget" ("multiple get") command that
> would allow a wildcard spec:
>
>  $ ftp example.com
>  ftp> cd /pub
>  ftp> mget *.zip
>
> Sometimes the client prompts you for each file with some sort of
>
>  Do you want to download foo.zip? (Y/n)
>  Do you want to download blah.zip? (Y/n)
>
> which can be somewhat annoying.  You should be able to toggle it with
> the "prompt" command.  It's also subject to the "glob" setting which
> either takes the "mget" arguments literally:
>
>  ftp> mget foo.zip blah.zip
>
> or as globs (as in my initial example).
>
> There may also be a "case" toggle depending on the case-sensitivity
> that you want.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> -Tim
>
> On October 28, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> By which I mean can I run the command in a specific directory where
>> I really   want to do this like...
>> get *.mp3
>> and download all of the mp3 files in a specific folder?
>> I know I would change to the directory first,  I just want to
>> gather all of the files in this way.
>> possible?
>> Thanks,
>> Karen
>>
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