From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 12 22:08:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA29976 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:08:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from turkey.ispro.net.tr (turkey.ispro.net.tr [195.174.18.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA29969 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:08:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yurtesen@ispro.net.tr) Received: from localhost (yurtesen@localhost) by turkey.ispro.net.tr (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA18189; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:08:02 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from yurtesen@ispro.net.tr) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:08:02 +0300 (EEST) From: Evren Yurtesen To: Norman C Rice cc: Sue Blake , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp get filenames with spaces and junk text In-Reply-To: <19981012105901.A26212@emu.sourcee.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG the ftp command which is comes with 2.2.6 release and after also supports tab key to complete file names On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Norman C Rice wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 05:56:15PM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > > How do I get oddly named files from a macintosh ftp server to land on > > my FreeBSD disk with a decent file name? Here's some examples: > > > > 981011 Small Bus. Sue > > Extra bits for System.sit > > You can try the ncftp2/3 port -- with it you can use the tab key > to complete file names. An alternative method would be to use > a graphical FTP client and click on the file names. Using the > standard FTP client you can try using wildcard characters > (`*' and `?') to complete the file names, but YMMV. > -- > Regards, > Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > > > > Sorry, that's the only two names I can type that don't use funny > > characters. > > > > I know that the default ftp client can do this (I peeked naughtily at > > the man page) but can't figure out how to get it to: > > 1. fill spaces between an infinite number of words with underscores > > 2. replace or kill all those squiggly characters > > as it writes to my disk. (No I can't change the remote files.) > > nmap seems to be the ftp command I need but I can't speak its language. > > Can someone help me work it out? > > > > > > PS... to whoever put all these wonderful bells and whistles into the > > ftp client, a big thank you! There's lots of handy stuff in there. > > > > > > -- > > > > Regards, > > -*Sue*- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message