try using 'mget hi*.csv' where 'get hi*.csv' doesn't work.

try reading the documentation for ftpget, i'm almost certain the answer to your question is there.

check out Net::FTP and skip ftpget.

tell the PHB to stop being so anal *or* hire a consultant to fix his data-management nightmare.

Update: A google search turned up some circa 1993 pure perl/ftp code to get listings, files, and simple mirroring. I'm thinking about posting it for hy^Histe^Horical value, came in a email as a shar file no less...;)

Any interest?