python-ftpleach.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import ftplib

# Connection information
server = 'ftp.fu-berlin.de'
username = 'anonymous'
password = 'anything'

# Directory and matching information
directory = '/pub/misc/movies/database/'
filematch = '*.gz'

# Establish the connection
ftp = ftplib.FTP(server)
ftp.login(username, password)

# Change to the proper directory
ftp.cwd(directory)

# Loop through matching files and download each one individually
for filename in ftp.nlst(filematch):
    fhandle = open(filename, 'wb')
    print 'Getting ' + filename
    ftp.retrbinary('RETR ' + filename, fhandle.write)
    fhandle.close()