FTP do not have mv command. You have to use rename command

The concept is generate a todo file to rename(move) each file one by one
full script to achieve move more than one file.

1. get file list from ftp server with mls command
   

2. generate to do list file
   2.1 get file , for demo you can do more actions on text file
   2.2 rename (move file)
   

3. execute ftp command with to do list file
   

   #!/bin/sh clear

   change local directory

   cd [local-directory]

   #collect file names ftp -ni ftp.abccompany.com <<EOF user [user] [password] cd /OUT mls abc*.* list.txt quit EOF

   create ftp action list

   echo >>todo.lst user [user] [password] while read N do #echo >>todo.lst cd /OUT #for demo you can do more actions on text file #echo >>todo.lst get $N #for demo you can do more actions on text file echo >>todo.lst rename $N ARCHIVE/$N #did not change file name, move directory only done <list.txt

   echo >>todo.lst quit

   ftp transfer process

   ftp -nv ftp.abccompany.com <todo.lst

   cleanup

   rm todo.lst