lftp: bash equivalent of command substitution backticks or $()

Question

Is it possible to use bash-like command substitution, like backticks `` or $() with lftp?

This is to e.g. cd into a directory given by a command:

lftp ..
cd `pwd`

Answer 1

Not quite what you looking for I guess but you can use -e option like this:

$ lftp -e "cd $HOME" <SITE> 

As explained in man lftp:

-e commands Execute given commands and don't exit.

So after using -e as shown above lftp will take you to $HOME directory on the remote server.

I don't think it's possible to use all local environment variables inside lftp - man lftp clearly says that only some variables are honored. I think that maybe ssh could be a better solution here.