You are right, 40 000 items in folder will be processed very slow, cause FTP server file list result needs to be parsed. There is no list output standard. Some programs (especially FTP clients) are better - they have defined file list parsers for individual FTP servers.
If you want to open file from "command line", you can use PSPad scripting and write simple FTP script what will open defined files or use input box to open any file you enter. -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,61080,61082> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
