FTP-LS(1)

📦 version 14.6.20210224, in ubuntu jammy

💅 NAME 💅

ftp-ls — list directory entries on an FTP server (DEPRECATED) 😭

okay bestie, this one's from the NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual and it's giving "legendary but retiring" energy, so listen up 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ftp-ls (edirect -ftpls) server dir

that's it. that's the whole vibe. server and dir, two little args, iconic 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

not me having to tell you this first: ftp-ls will not appear in future releases of NCBI Entrez Direct. instead, please use nquire -lst. periodt. 💀

so here's what ftp-ls actually does, since we're still here: it lists the contents of a given directory on a specified file server. it prints one line per item, using a subset of ls -F's notation. yes, a subset — it's minimal, it's curated, it's lowkey chic 💖

the notation rules, no cap:

  • Regular files' names appear as is. plain, unbothered, no decoration 💅
  • Subdirectories' names appear with trailing slashes (/). directories said "let me add a lil something" ✨
  • Symbolic links' names appear with trailing at signs (@), whether they refer to files or directories. symlinks are mysterious like that, they don't tell you where they're going 🙈

so if you see a / at the end, it's a directory. if you see an @, it's a symlink. if it's just sitting there with nothing, it's a regular file being its authentic self. the vibe check is built right into the output 🎀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these too, they're all in their main character era:

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from the NCBI, dated 2021-03-07, and it lives in the NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual under the name FTP-LS(1) 🌸 mwah, go use nquire -lst instead, ily, bye!! 🧚💜

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