Net::SFTP::Foreign download to a local directory

mvindell has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello monks, first off thank you for this website and your help. I am not a programmer/coder by any means, I am a sys admin. I am trying to write a script which will connect to an SFTP site and download certain files to a certain local directory. I have had some success but I am missing the last part. I can't seem to download to a directory, must a file name be specified? the problem is this script will run daily, and the file name changes daily (accounting purposes). Here is the code:

 use Net::SFTP::Foreign;
       $host = "x.x.x.x" ;

       %args = (
                 "user" => "user" ,
                 "password" => "password" ,
                 "port" => 'port'

               ) ;

my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new( $host,%args, more => '-v');

$sftp->get('/directory/*.bai', '/home/appltest/cashman')
        or die "file transfer failed: " . $sftp->error;
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I have read that sftp foreign does not accept wild cards such as "*" is this true? If so how would I go about solving my dilemma of downloading files which name changes daily. Thank you for your time.

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Re: Net::SFTP::Foreign download to a local directory by salva (Canon) on Jun 10, 2010 at 17:06 UTC
Use the method `mget`: `$sftp->mget('/directory/*.bai', '/home/appltest/cashman') or die "file transfer failed: " . $sftp->error;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Net::SFTP::Foreign download to a local directory by mvindell (Initiate) on Jun 10, 2010 at 18:46 UTC
Beautiful, this worked perfectly! Thank you once again.	[reply]
Re: Net::SFTP::Foreign download to a local directory by almut (Canon) on Jun 10, 2010 at 16:46 UTC
... If so how would I go about solving my dillema of downloading files which name changes daily. Do a directory listing on the remote server. See Download file from sftp or FTP Update: aha, looks like salva added the `mget` method in v1.56_07, in response to the the linked thread...	[reply] [d/l]