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I am trying to copy multiple (1000s) .JPG files from remote SFTP server to current server using mget command but it is not working. Here is the command that I used

sftp username@sftp.domain.com
sftp> cd /images
sftp> mget *.JPG

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Nothing happens so when I do CTRL + C it gives an error that says File "/images/*.JPG" not found.

I have already referred all suggestions posted on the forum but nothing is working. Let me know if there is another way to copy.

Pierre.Vriens
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If I am not mistaken, and it may be version/flavor dependent, sftp does not have an mget option as ftp does. Assuming this is a *nix type system, take a look at the man page to verify syntax. It may be that trying get instead of mget will work.

user225493
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Try using a plain get, from the man page

Retrieve the remote-path and store it on the local machine. If the local path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the remote machine. remote-path may contain glob(3) characters and may match multiple files. If it does and local-path is specified, then local-path must specify a direc- tory.

Alternatively you could use scp.

user9517
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Why not use 

scp -r username@sftp.domain.com:/fullpath/images/*.JPG /your/path/destination

Note that the names are case sensitive and verify if you are in the correct path on your cd command.

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