FTP commands in the shell scripts

[Radim Jarosek]

Hi everybody,

I need write a scripts with ftp commands.

for example:
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#!/usr/bin/sh

cd /home/user1

ftp machine
user_name
passwd
get file
bye

exit 0

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I have no idea how to do it. :-(

I guess that it is so stupid but ...

Could you anyone help me ?

Thanks Radim

[Thierry Poels_1]

Hi,
you're already close. Redirect standard input to the ftp command, all following lines will be handled like you would type them until the marker (here EOT) is found.

ftp machine << EOT
user_name
passwd
get file
bye
EOT

good luck,
Thierry

[Radim Jarosek]

Hi,

wow, so fast response :-).

I've already tried to use here doc but it didn't work as I excepted. I got to the passwd prompt only.

Radim

[federico_3 · Accepted solution]

Use the following:

/usr/bin/ftp -vn <<-EOF
open "IP or hostname"
uer "username""password "

bin
get file
quit
EOF

federico

[Tommy Palo]

An old thread:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0xffe5f841489fd4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

[Thierry Poels_1]

response was toooo fast ;)

ftp -n server << EOT
user theuser thepassword
cd thedirectory
get thefile
bye
EOT

[Radim Jarosek]

Hi everybody,

What's surprise! It's working :)

Thanks for your help

Radim

p.s. Points are coming ;)

[Nick Wickens]

Ok - Heres a challenge - How would you make the password in such an FTP script unviewable ?

I was toying with using crypt somehow but you would still need to have the crypy key available.

[Kirk Gardner]

Or...configure a .netrc macro.

[Thierry Poels_1]

Hi Nick,
I aggree about the password issue.
I've been thinking about it too; but haven't got any further than creating FTP accounts with very very very limited privileges.
Also the script should be kept away from hungry eyes ;)
Thierry.