$address{'example'} = "ftp.foobar.com"; $userpwd{'example'} = " user foo bar\n"; #### $ftpcmd = "ftp -n " . $address{$myadd}; $ftpstr = $userpwd{$myadd}; open(TST,"|$ftpcmd"); print TST $ftpstr; print TST " prompt\n"; print TST " mget *\n"; close(TST);