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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
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Long: list-only
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Short: l
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Protocols: FTP POP3 SFTP
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Help: List only mode
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Added: 4.0
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Category: ftp pop3 sftp
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Multi: boolean
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See-also:
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- quote
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- request
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Example:
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- --list-only ftp://example.com/dir/
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# `--list-only`
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(FTP)
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When listing an FTP directory, this switch forces a name-only view. This is
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especially useful if the user wants to machine-parse the contents of an FTP
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directory since the normal directory view does not use a standard look or
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format. When used like this, the option causes an NLST command to be sent to
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the server instead of LIST.
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Note: Some FTP servers list only files in their response to NLST; they do not
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include sub-directories and symbolic links.
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(SFTP)
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When listing an SFTP directory, this switch forces a name-only view, one per line.
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This is especially useful if the user wants to machine-parse the contents of an
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SFTP directory since the normal directory view provides more information than just
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file names.
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(POP3)
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When retrieving a specific email from POP3, this switch forces a LIST command
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to be performed instead of RETR. This is particularly useful if the user wants
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to see if a specific message-id exists on the server and what size it is.
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Note: When combined with --request, this option can be used to send a UIDL
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command instead, so the user may use the email's unique identifier rather than
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its message-id to make the request.
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