1--- 2c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. 3SPDX-License-Identifier: curl 4Long: list-only 5Short: l 6Protocols: FTP POP3 SFTP FILE 7Help: List only mode 8Added: 4.0 9Category: ftp pop3 sftp file 10Multi: boolean 11See-also: 12 - quote 13 - request 14Example: 15 - --list-only ftp://example.com/dir/ 16--- 17 18# `--list-only` 19 20When listing an FTP directory, force a name-only view. Maybe particularly 21useful if the user wants to machine-parse the contents of an FTP directory 22since the normal directory view does not use a standard look or format. When 23used like this, the option causes an NLST command to be sent to the server 24instead of LIST. 25 26Note: Some FTP servers list only files in their response to NLST; they do not 27include sub-directories and symbolic links. 28 29When listing an SFTP directory, this switch forces a name-only view, one per 30line. This is especially useful if the user wants to machine-parse the 31contents of an SFTP directory since the normal directory view provides more 32information than just filenames. 33 34When retrieving a specific email from POP3, this switch forces a LIST command 35to be performed instead of RETR. This is particularly useful if the user wants 36to see if a specific message-id exists on the server and what size it is. 37 38For FILE, this option has no effect yet as directories are always listed in 39this mode. 40 41Note: When combined with --request, this option can be used to send a UIDL 42command instead, so the user may use the email's unique identifier rather than 43its message-id to make the request. 44
