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in thread FTP Grep?

I am not looking to search inside the files.

... then describing your requirements as "grep" is misleading.

Typically, you would use the FTP command mget monk*, but Net::FTP doesn't seem to support that (although it is not listed as unsupported either?).

If all the files you want will be in a single directory, you might do an ls or dir command to retrieve the file list, then filter that yourself and issue get commands for each.

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Re^4: FTP Grep?
by rovf (Priest) on Aug 06, 2009 at 08:00 UTC
    ... then describing your requirements as "grep" is misleading.

    I wouldn't say so. IMHO, the OP clearly indicated that s/he wanted to grep the fileNAMES.

    There lies some irony that for filtering the filenames, grep is likely be used.

    you would use the FTP command mget monk*, but Net::FTP doesn't seem to support that

    It halfway does. You have the member function cmd which, as I understand, can be used to issue any FTP command, and you can use supported to see whether a particular command is supported by the FTP server.

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      There lies some irony that for filtering the filenames, grep is likely be used.

      You're right--if the "grep" in question is grep, and not grep.

      The real irony here is that I, an avowed 'doesn't do *nix' man, assumed the latter rather than the former, when I read the title!

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
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