On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:16:10PM -0400, Ken Garland wrote:
> #!/bin/bash
> for file in `cat download`; do
> lftp -u <user>,<pass> <host> -e 'get $file; exit';
> done
>
> Which would take a considerable amount of time with a long list of files
> instead of using one instance of lftp to download multiple files.
Why not use this:
sed 's/^/get /' download | lftp -u <user>,<pass> <host>
This would only work if the file names do not contain spaces and other
special characters and do not start with a minus sign. If they do, more sed
magic would be required, but it is possible.
--
Alexander..
