ftp mget problem - too many arguments

[dabits]

I'm using RH ES v3 and trying to FTP some file from old SCO server to RH. Yes, I know about FTP security issues but this is on closed test network.

Anyway, on a directory the mget * command returns a "too many arguments" error. Is there a way to pass mget a list of file names? I have a file which contains the names of the files (ls > filelist) and I ftp this to RH. I've tried mget `cat filelist` and mget !`cat filelist` these don't work.

Any ideas?
Thanks