FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the most popular protocol to transfer files (download and upload) from one system to another system. It provides the fastest way to transfer files. There is much application available on Linux and windows to FTP services like vsFTPd, proFTPd for Linux, FileZilla Server for windows.
There are various ways to connect to the FTP server, Also you can find multiple free tools on the internet to work with FTP. But system admins know the power of command line. This article will help you to how to connect to the FTP server using the command line and Download and Upload Files using FTP protocol between the FTP server local system.
Remember that FTP is not a secure protocol. We recommend using SFTP for transferring files security. Visit below links to how to use SFTP.
1. Connect to FTP Server via Command Line
To connect to any FTP server from windows open its command prompt and for Linux open terminal window. Now you have required IP or Hostname of FTP server and login credentials to connect with a specific user.
c:\> ftp ftp.tecadmin.net
2. Upload Single File to FTP Server
To upload file on FTP server use put
command from FTP prompt. First, navigate to the desired directory on the FTP server where to upload a file and use the following command. It will upload local system file c:\files\file1.txt to uploads directory on FTP server.
ftp> cd uploadsftp> put c:\files\file1.txt
3. Download A Single File from FTP
To download the file from FTP server, we use get
command. Using that command we can download one time at a time. To download any file from FTP server First login to your FTP server, navigate to the directory and use the following command to download
ftp> get file1.txt
4. Upload Multiple Files to FTP
To upload multiple files to FTP server use mput
command. You can also specify wildcard characters to upload multiple files to the server at a time. First, navigate to the desired directory on the FTP server where to upload a file and use the following command. It will upload local system files with .txt extension in c:files directory to uploads directory on FTP server.
ftp> cd uploadsftp> lcd c:\\filesftp> put *.txt
5. Download Multiple Files from FTP
To download multiple files from FTP server, we use mget
command. Using that command we can download more than one file at a time. To download multiple files specify wildcard character for specifying directory name do download all files from the directory.
ftp> mget *.txt
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Hi the article is useful i am able to put files on the server but getting > R:I/O Error on getting it .Please Revert if you have any information regarding the same.
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File is saved at last specified directory from an lcd (local change dir) command within the ftp session.
I am able to connect with it but when I am uploding the file using put command that time I am getting this error 500 “port/eprt is not supported”
I am able to upload file using ftp client file zilla.
Can you guide me what’s wrong here ???
Nice article , I am thankful for the information . Does anyone know where I might get ahold of a template TAR-2003 example to type on ?
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