download latest file via command line

kmarie630 · Post by **kmarie630** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:11 pm

Is there a way to use the command line to download the latest version on some ftp server? Specifically, I'm using SFTP.

Right now we are having to manually download the file, because we can't figure out how to identify the latest file to the command line. The file names are random, we cannot predict what they will be.

cp · Post by cp » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:27 pm

Use a wildcard and the -latest option.

See help topic 'command line' for examples.

kmarie630 · Post by **kmarie630** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:08 pm

Awesome, go it to work. But with -newest, as opposed to -latest. Help docs say -newest.

What's the difference between using coreftp.exe and corecmd.exe? Both seem to work.

Also, what if you wanted to download the latest 3 or however many files? Is that possible?

Post by **ForumAdmin** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:17 pm

currently it is not possible with this option but it would make sense to have an additional parameter to do so. It will be added to an upcoming build.

kurladheeraj · Post by **kurladheeraj** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:08 pm

Hi, I am using the core ftp for the first time and I tried to open corecmd.exe and enter the commands but the corecmd prompt is not at all taking any commands typed. Could you please help me how to use the command line commands for doing ftp.

Thanks in advance