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ftp — Tools to interact with a server via File Transfer Protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/ft

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Problem

How to use the ftp command: Tools to interact with a server via File Transfer Protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/ftp>.

Solution

ftp — Tools to interact with a server via File Transfer Protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/ftp>.

Connect to an FTP server and run in interactive mode:

ftp {{ftp.example.com}}

Connect to an FTP server specifying its IP address and port:

ftp {{ip_address}} {{port}}

[Interactive] Switch to binary transfer mode (graphics, compressed files, etc):

binary

[Interactive] Transfer multiple files without prompting for confirmation on every file:

prompt off

[Interactive] Download multiple files (glob expression):

mget {{*.png}}

[Interactive] Upload multiple files (glob expression):

mput {{*.zip}}

[Interactive] Delete multiple files on the remote server:

mdelete {{*.txt}}

[Interactive] Rename a file on the remote server:

rename {{original_filename}} {{new_filename}}

Code Snippets

Connect to an FTP server and run in interactive mode

ftp {{ftp.example.com}}

Connect to an FTP server specifying its IP address and port

ftp {{ip_address}} {{port}}

[Interactive] Switch to binary transfer mode (graphics, compressed files, etc)

binary

[Interactive] Transfer multiple files without prompting for confirmation on every file

prompt off

[Interactive] Download multiple files (glob expression)

mget {{*.png}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ftp

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