FTP LS command

[Jeffrey W. Stewart]

Why does the command ls -ltr |more not work when I FTP (windows 98) to the hp3070? The commad ls -ltr works. Thanks.

[Patrick Wallek]

When using ftp, you are not using the real system commands. You are using commands internal to FTP. If you invoke ftp and then type 'help' you will see a list of commands that are supported. Most do not support arguments. Your main options for listing files are ls and dir.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Hi Jeffrey,

Because you are in ftp and not within a shell of command interpreter. The '|' within ftp is not interpreted the same way.

You can, however, within ftp
ls -ltr myfile (this sends the output to 'myfile' on your PC)
then
!more myfile

Regards, Clay

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Jeffery

FTP uses its own set of commands , which you can see by typing help . TO know exaclty what is going on the other end I generally run the command on the remote system and direct the same to a file and store it in my local directory say /tmp . View that file to know exaclty what is there in terms of the permissions sizes aqnd owners.

Help FTP will clear your picture .

Manoj Srivastava

[Jeffrey W. Stewart]

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