Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:52:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to use ftp(1) in batch mode Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1808311551550.4910@puchar.net> In-Reply-To: <5B87F083.6080804@grosbein.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1808301449001.26234@puchar.net> <5B87F083.6080804@grosbein.net>
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thank you. it works. actually even without netrc (echo command1;echo command2)|ftp ftp://user:password@server/ On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > On 30.08.2018 19:50, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> i want to delete all say *.foo files on remote ftp server >> >> while it's clear how to download file using ftp(1) in batch mode, i cannot >> figure how to delete files in batch mode without any keyboard interaction. >> >> Could you help > > $ echo "machine localhost login ftp password user@" >> ~/.netrc > $ printf "cd incoming\nprompt off\nmdel *.foo\nquit\n" | ftp localhost > Connected to localhost. > 220 host.xxx FTP server (Version 6.00LS) ready. > 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. > 230- Your welcome message here. > 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. > Remote system type is UNIX. > Using binary mode to transfer files. > 250 CWD command successful. > Interactive mode off. > 250 DELE command successful. > 250 DELE command successful. > 250 DELE command successful. > 221 Goodbye. > > But, you better use ncftp3 port/package for such jobs. > >
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