I'm writing a ksh to select the files with criteria, i.e. with today date e.g. 'xxx20030225'., then multiple ftp these files to another host. How can I do that? Anyone know? Thanks a lot!

Two approaches come to mind: In ksh build up a variable containing all the filenames, then use that with an MPUT command in FTP, e.g: list=*$(date +%Y%m%d).dat print "Here's the list:" for f in ${list} do print $f done ftp -i hostname <<-END cd wherever mput ${list} bye END Or, use a co-process to set the ftp process running as a background resource, letting you have loops etc in ksh in the foreground and just talking to the ftp session when you need to using print -p and read -p. Very basic example (untested, will need more work): ftp -i hostname |& for f in xxx*.dat do print -p put $f read -p result done print -p bye The co-process solution may be overkill here but it can sometimes be a neat technique.