Using pipe in FTP session

Shell Programming and Scripting
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            Hi All , I want to use pipe in ftp session . Please let me know if there is any possibility            

                        I have done FTP to a remote host with proper username and password

Now I want to take the latest file in a directory . The below is not workinf

ftp> ls -lrt  | tail -1

please let me know how can i achieve the same

2

You can't. If your ftp even honors ls -lrt, it's giving you more than is required.

FTP is not shell. It is very simple and stupid.

3

Hi Corona,
Thanks for your reply . I understand the below command is not valid in FTP session

ftp> ls -lrt  | tail -1

But is there any other way to find last updated file in a directory in remote host

4

Sure, you can do that outside ftp.

ftp <<EOF | tail -n 1
<commands to login>
ls -lrt
quit
EOF

This is assuming your FTP honors ls -lrt.

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ftp> ls -lrt  |"tail -1"