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-c: Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: list-only
Short: l
-Protocols: FTP POP3
+Protocols: FTP POP3 SFTP
Help: List only mode
Added: 4.0
-Category: ftp pop3
+Category: ftp pop3 sftp
Example: --list-only ftp://example.com/dir/
See-also: quote request
Multi: boolean
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ the server instead of LIST.
Note: Some FTP servers list only files in their response to NLST; they do not
include sub-directories and symbolic links.
+(SFTP)
+When listing an SFTP directory, this switch forces a name-only view, one per line.
+This is especially useful if the user wants to machine-parse the contents of an
+SFTP directory since the normal directory view provides more information than just
+file names.
+
(POP3)
When retrieving a specific email from POP3, this switch forces a LIST command
to be performed instead of RETR. This is particularly useful if the user wants