Mget prompt override

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I am using ftp in the command line (terminal) to transfer multiple data files from a remote server to my local computer. There are multiple files (~40) in the directory and I would like to transfer them all without having to answer yes in the prompt for each file. I tried mget * but this only transferred the first file and then a prompt popped up for the second file.

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Issue a prompt command first to turn interactive prompting off.

Alternatively, if you have control over the way the ftp command is called, use the command line option, as suggested by @reg-edit:

ftp [-i | --no-prompt] [OPTIONS] [HOST [PORT]]

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