This script automatically opens a FTP session and downloads file to local disk. Here is the scenario:
ftp: myftp.ext
username: myusername
password: mypassword
file to download: myfile.txt
1) Create bash script automatic_ftp_download.sh:
#!/bin/bash
# Script to create automatic FTP session and download file
ftp -n myftp.ext << end
us myusername mypassword
get myfile.txt
bye
end
2) make automatic_ftp_download.sh script executable:
chmod +x automatic_ftp_download.sh
3) run automatic_ftp_download.sh scrip:
./automatic_ftp_download.sh
4) find myfile.txt [...]
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