could somebody tell me this can't be done, or does someone know how to do it & could point me at a tutorial? i'm trying to bundle a bunch of commands together... automagically marking up and tweaking a text file into readable HTML, then uploading it, all at once so it's not so much of a hassle. I'd like to be able to do it client side, but if i can't automate ftp i guess i could put the script directly on the server. :P don't want to though. i just can't figure how you'd work with the interface without feeding it commands in realtime.

AHA!! Figured it out:

#!/bin/bash
ftp -n -v <<EndFTP
#stuff to do, ie open, user, put, get...
EndFTP

Yeah! :) I love unix. oh, and CHollman, yes the HTML is easy... just have to decide whether i want to re-learn perl for educational purposes or just bash it all.