Logging into an FTP server and exit the FTP server
To connect to the FTP server
ftp ftpserver
or
ftp -i ftpserver
ftpserver is the full machine name of the remote machine or the net address of the remote machine. -i turns off interactive prompting during multiple file transfers.
to exit the FTP environment
quit
or
bye
Navigating and listing directories
to get a listing of files in your current local directory
!ls
to list the names of the files in the current remote directory
ls
to change directory on your local machine
lcd
to change directory on the remote machine
cd
Downloading and uploading files
to copy one file from the remote machine to the local machine
get filename
to copy multiple files from the remote machine to the local machine
mget *
to copy one file from the local machine to the remote machine
put filename
to copy multiple files from the local machine to the remote machine
mput *
Other ftp commands
to make a new directory within the current remote directory
mkdir dirname
to remove (delete) a directory in the current remote directory
rmdir dirname
to delete a file in the current remote directory
delete filename
to find out the pathname of the current directory on the remote machine
pwd