How do I recursively ftp only certain file types from a linux server using the command line?

Question

I want to download only .htm or .html files from my server. I'm trying to use ncftpget and even wget but only with limited success. with ncftpget I can download the whole tree structure no problem but can't seem to specify which files I want, it's either all or nothing. If I specify the file type like this, it only looks in the top folder: ``` ncftpget -R -u myuser -p mypass ftp://ftp.myserver.com/public_html/*.htm ./local_folder ``` If I do this, it downloads the whole site and not just .htm files: ``` ncftpget -R -u myuser -p mypass ftp://ftp.myserver.com/public_html/ ./local_folder *.htm ``` Can I use ncftp to do this, or is there another tool I should be using?

Accepted Answer

You can do it with wget

```
wget -r -np -A "*.htm*" ftp://site/dir
```

or:

```
wget -m -np -A "*.htm*" ftp://user:pass@host/dir
```

However, as per Types of Files:

Note that these two options do not affect the downloading of HTML files (as determined by a `.htm` or `.html` filename prefix). This behavior may not be desirable for all users, and may be changed for future versions of Wget.

How do I recursively ftp only certain file types from a linux server using the command line?

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