IT can do almost everything bash can do, albeit remotely.
$ lftp mirror.3fl.net.au lftp mirror.3fl.net.au:~> ls drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Nov 27 2007 games drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Apr 13 2006 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 15 mirror mirror 4096 Jul 15 05:20 pub lftp mirror.3fl.net.au:/> cd games/misc lftp mirror.3fl.net.au:/games/misc>find ./ ./dreamchess/ ./dreamchess/full_game/ ./dreamchess/full_game/dreamchess-0.2.0-win32.exe ./frets_on_fire/ ./frets_on_fire/full_game/ ./frets_on_fire/full_game/FretsOnFire-1.2.451-macosx.zip ./frets_on_fire/full_game/FretsOnFire-1.2.512-win32.zip ./frets_on_fire/full_game/FretsOnFire_ghc_mod.zip ./gametap_setup.exe ...... lftp mirror.3fl.net.au:/games/misc> du gametap_setup.exe 32442 gametap_setup.exe lftp mirror.3fl.net.au:/games/misc> du -sh gametap_setup.exe 32M gametap_setup.exe lftp mirror.3fl.net.au:/games/misc>