in reply to Re^2: using Net::FTP to get a file without a full name
in thread using Net::FTP to get a file without a full name

Then you can list the files on the remote site and filter the list with whatever pattern you want to use.
my @list = $ftp->ls(); my @files = grep { /some pattern.*/ } @list; foreach my $file (@files) { $ftp->get($file); }