Hi, Gina, Thanks. I forgot about wildcards as well. If I want to download 40 files in a particular folder and I know they are all mp3 files, this saves a lot of work.
Teresa On May 11, 2013, at 2:27 AM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote: > Hello Teresa, > > I've just done this: > > Open a terminal. > > typed: cd Doc > > Then I pressed the tab key then the enter / return key. > > Result being in my Documents directory. > > I then entered the details of my domain using the built in ftp program. > > I then tried the cd command to move to my public_html directory. > > I typed: cd pub > > Then pressed tab and then enter / return. > > Result I successfully moved into that directory as in the terminal. > > I then typed: mget *.html > > Then pressed enter / return. > > Result the ftp client pulled all *.html files. However, it did require me to > press enter after every file. Maybe I needed to use a flag on the mget > command. > > So I'm guessing it would work for you. However, I have installed macports but > tab completion was available to me prior to installing macports. I noticed > that the ls command gave all the permissions which is really hard to read. > This is why I use ncftp because the interface is a lot cleaner. > > At the end of the day, just give it a go. I don't think you can break it. > > HTH > > Gena > > > > > On 10 May 2013, at 23:29, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestion, Gina. I hadn't thought of this option, to be >> honest. Is this a script in bash? I was just using the ftp command, and it >> worked nicely for one file at a time. I could just use the mget and then use >> tab completion, as I understand it? >> >> I know just enough about command-line to be dangerous. :) >> >> Teresa >> On May 10, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I accept that you'd rather use a GUI but I wondered whether you understood >>> tab completion and wild card characters? I use ncftp in the terminal which >>> support these bash features. >>> >>> Gena >>> >>> On 10/05/2013 16:13, Teresa Cochran wrote: >>>> Hi, all, >>>> >>>> Unless I'm missing something, I'm having a lot of trouble with Cyberduck. >>>> The progress bar seems inaccessible, and the downloads stop a lot. I've >>>> looked into ftp via Terminal, but I'm not sure I want to type in the large >>>> numbers of filenames, as I'm downloading moderately large groups of files. >>>> I'm using a 2009 Mac Mini with OS Mountain Lion. I'm running Clamxav >>>> antivirus, and kind of wondering if it might be checking downloads >>>> individually. Once I am able to start transferring a file, the speeds are >>>> very good. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Teresa >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
