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laurens
Asked: 2009-12-29 02:56:19 +0800 CST

'remote move' via FTPS

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I'm using FTPS to transfer some files from one remote server to another. Now would I like to move files locally on one server, from one folder to another. More concrete: after moving the files from [remote server 1] to [remote server 2] I want to move all the files with extension .csv to the folder done. I found the 'rename' command but there is no 'rename all' function like:

rename *.csv ../done/*.csv

Thanks in advance!

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1 Answers

  1. Using * as a wildcard like you're doing is known as globbing. Globbing is often only available for local files through FTP, not remote ones. Some clients do glob remote FTP commands but, generally only the m* ones (mdelete, mget etc.)

    Have a look at your clients glob command.

    Also, globbing the way you asked in the question won't work, it would be:

    rename *.csv ../done

    I have a feeling you'll need to script it or do it manually because FTP is suited to that, not hand moving stuff around.

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