ftp

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Tools to interact with a server via File Transfer Protocol.

Examples (8)

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