I would like to download all files from an ftp site. probably 250 files some between 25-50 Megs.I am wondering about using wget with shell ( bash) script to login, download all files, if one is found on harddrive ignore and goto next one. one file at a time to prevent using too much of their bandwidth. >From my questions you can safely assume I have never written a shell script. any suggestions for this issue? plus any links for shell scripting for newbies? Thanks