On 06/29/10 15:32, Jiri B. wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> I found a ftp server from which I wanted to download specific files and
> I discovered that ftp(1) cannot handle CSH wildcards correctly
> (probably)...
> 
> Example:
> 
> ftp
> ftp://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386/{screen,figlet}*
> 
> works OK
> 
> ftp
> ftp://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386/{[sS]creen,[fF]iglet}*
> 
> doesn't work.
> 
> jirib

Neither of those are actually handled by ftp, but expanded and passed
as arguments to the ftp server.

/Alexander