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user2053904
user2053904

Reputation:

How can list local file using lftp

I'am on Ubuntu 19.10 and using lftp 4.8.4

from lftp help, I see, I can use bash command using '!'

I like to list my local file: not remote!
ls list remote file
!ls, !dir, !dir list remote file too lls unknown command

lpwd give me current local path but I like to list local file too!
Have I to open a new terminal to list local file?

Can you help?
best regards,
Leonardo

P.S. On man page I read:

  !ls
  To do a directory listing of the local host.

but not work!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3134

Answers (2)

iconoclasthero
iconoclasthero

Reputation: 21

tl;dr: Update lftp; use lftp prompt> !command1; command2; ... commandn to access the local shell commands.

LFTP | Version 4.9.2*:

lftp> !ls displays the output of $ ls

lftp> local ls displays the output of $ ls -l

Both lftp> !ls -ltr & lftp> local ls -ltr display the output of $ ls -ltr

lftp> !ls; !pwd results in an error with !pwd command not being found by bash, $?=127

lftp> !pwd; ls; date displays:

lftp [email protected]:/> !pwd; ls; date
/foo
bar
Thu Aug 15 09:17:45 AM EDT 2024

Which ultimately is what I believe you're looking for

On the other hand, using local does not find e.g., GNU date...

lftp [email protected]:/> local pwd; ls; date
file:/foo
Unknown command `date'.                   
lftp lftp [email protected]:/> local pwd; local ls; local date
file:/foo
total 0
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Aug 15 23:26 bar
Unknown command `date'.

*GNU bash, version 5.2.21

Upvotes: 0

user2053904
user2053904

Reputation:

I have get a answer from other channel:
the right command is: local ls
the !ls is wrong

Upvotes: 4

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