OK I must have missed that... thanks for the explanation / workaround :)
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- martin
Re: Command Line not able to find files on remote server which include [ or ] in the filename
The
To use the
See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/file_mask#basic
[ and ] have a specific meaning in a file mask.
To use the
[ literally (but not the ], contrary to your post), you have to escape it like [[].
See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/file_mask#basic
- pault
Command Line not able to find files on remote server which include [ or ] in the filename
I was testing some of the scripting features of WinSCP and I noticed I'm unable to download any files that include [ or ].
I'm running WinSCP version 5.9.3 (Build 7136) but previously was using 5.7 with the same issue. I'm on Windows 10 and using SFTP.
Below is the output of two tests - same file just renamed the second time manually. I tried this repeatedly, including double quotes, the full path, etc and it will always return a "No file matching XXX found" error. I should note, if you try and download using wildcards preceding the [ or ], it is able to successfully download it (i.e. "get TVShow.S02E02.720p.HDTV.x264-FLEET*" will work)
I'm running WinSCP version 5.9.3 (Build 7136) but previously was using 5.7 with the same issue. I'm on Windows 10 and using SFTP.
Below is the output of two tests - same file just renamed the second time manually. I tried this repeatedly, including double quotes, the full path, etc and it will always return a "No file matching XXX found" error. I should note, if you try and download using wildcards preceding the [ or ], it is able to successfully download it (i.e. "get TVShow.S02E02.720p.HDTV.x264-FLEET*" will work)
C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP>winscp.com
winscp> open sftp://username:password@host.com/path/to/files/
Searching for host...
Connecting to host...
Authenticating...
Using username "username".
Authenticating with pre-entered password.
Authenticated.
Starting the session...
Session started.
Active session: [1] username@host.com
winscp> dir
-rw-rw---- 1 username username 1111708992 Feb 6 21:15:41 2017 TVShow.S02E01.720p.HDTV.x264-SVA[eztv].mkv
-rw-rw---- 1 username username 1012275713 Feb 6 21:16:05 2017 TVShow.S02E02.720p.HDTV.x264-FLEET[eztv].mkv
winscp>
winscp> get TVShow.S02E02.720p.HDTV.x264-FLEET[eztv].mkv
No file matching 'TVShow.S02E02.720p.HDTV.x264-FLEET[eztv].mkv' found.
winscp> exit
C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP>
C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP>winscp.com
winscp> open sftp://username:password@host.com/path/to/files/
Searching for host...
Connecting to host...
Authenticating...
Using username "username".
Authenticating with pre-entered password.
Authenticated.
Starting the session...
Session started.
Active session: [1] username@host.com
winscp> dir
-rw-rw---- 1 username username 1111708992 Feb 6 21:15:41 2017 TVShow.S02E01.720p.HDTV.x264-SVA.eztv.mkv
-rw-rw---- 1 username username 1012275713 Feb 6 21:16:05 2017 TVShow.S02E02.720p.HDTV.x264-FLEET[eztv].mkv
winscp>
winscp> get TVShow.S02E01.720p.HDTV.x264-SVA.eztv.mkv C:\Incoming\
TVShow.S02E01.720p.HDTV.x | 7804 KB | 1348.1 KB/s | binary | 0%
Terminated by user.
winscp>