Choosing the Files and Folders to Display (Filtering)

When you apply filters, you do not add or remove files, you simply set which files will be visible or invisible in CuteFTP.

To choose which files/folders to display

  1. On the main menu, click View > Filter.

  2. Select the Enable Filtering check box.

  3. Select the following check boxes as needed:

  4. Click the Filter Mask tab.

  5. Type the names of files/folders you want to display, or use wildcard masks to include a group of files, then click Add.

  6. Select the Filter NOT Mask tab.

  7. Type the names of files/folders you want to hide, or use wildcard masks to exclude a group of files, then Add.

  8. Click OK.

Below are a few of the LIST wildcards (parameters) and combinations that can be passed to the ls program running on a UNIX server:

Parameter

Definition

-l

Display a list of files in the current directory, and information about each file (long format)

-a

Display hidden files

-la

Display a list of files in long format and include hidden files

-l *.ext

Display a list of files with a specific extension (*.html, *.txt, etc.)

ls r*

Displays a list of files with names beginning with r (or any other letter)

-t

Sort display by time stamp

-R

Sort recursively

-lt

Display files in long format, sorted by time

-t *.ext

Displays a list of files with a specific extension (*.html, *.txt, etc.), sorted by time