On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 12:16:21AM +0100, Nicolas Noble wrote: > Somebody asked me a question, and I wasn't able to answer. So I ask it to > you. Is it possible to do something like this in lftp > > `ls kde* |grep -v i18n |awk '!/devel/{print "mget "$1}'` > > ie giving an quite complex expression, where the result will be a bunch of > commands feeded to the lftp's command line? > > Well, I don't think the backquote is implemented in lftp, I am wrong? And
It is not implemented. You can do what you want with a temporary file: ls kde* |grep -v i18n |awk '!/devel/{print "mget "$1}' > tmp-file source tmp-file -- Alexander.