can anyone please translate below perl code to vb.net

#!/bin/sh
#These can be edited.
SERVER=your_server_ip
FTP=/usr/kerberos/bin/ftp
getfile=file_to_get_from_server
script=`basename ${0}`.ftp
echo 'user username password' > $script
echo 'verbose' >> $script
echo 'ascii' >> $script
echo 'cd /path/to/file' >> $script
echo "get ${getfile}" >> $script
echo 'bye' >> $script
date > ${script}.log
$FTP -n -u $SERVER < $script >> ${script}.log
rm -f $script

thank you