Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls"

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls"
Date	2017-03-27 13:50 +0200
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On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 06:34:33PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> The "ftp" client appears to be flakey, but the
> tnftp client seems to work well, with tab-completion and other commands
> performing as expected. (The ncftp client *almost* works, but
> tab-completion doesn't see the blah.tgz.manifest file whereas it does see
> the blah.tgz file, so it gives misleading info on tab-completion.)

lftp is also worth a look.  If you're an experienced Unix shell user,
lftp is almost ridiculously intuitive.  (That said, I haven't seriously
used FTP in many years... makes me wonder what you're actually doing
with it.)

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ftp client's "ls" is "!ls" Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2017-03-24 22:50 +0100
  Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-25 08:10 +0100
    Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls" Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2017-03-25 23:10 +0100
      Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-26 11:40 +0200
        Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls" Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2017-03-27 01:40 +0200
          Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls" Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-03-27 13:50 +0200
            Re: ftp client's "ls" is "!ls" Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2017-03-27 15:20 +0200

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