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Summary of FTP Client Commands

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Summary of FTP Client Commands

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Summary of FTP Client Commands

The following is a list of typical FTP client commands:

Command
Description
bye or close or quit

Terminates an FTP connection.

cd

Changes the current working directory on the FTP host server.

cwd

Changes the current directory to the specified remote directory.

dir

Requests a directory of files uploaded or available for download.

get

Downloads a single file.

ls

Requests a list of file names uploaded or available for download.

mget

Interactively downloads multiple files.

mput

Interactively uploads multiple files.

open

Starts an FTP connection.

pasv

Tells the server to enter passive mode in which the serverwaits for the client to establish a connection rather than attemptingto connect to a port the client specifies.

put

Uploads a single file.

pwd

Queries the current working directory.

ren

Renames or moves a file.

site

Executes a site-specific command.

stor

Starts the transmission of a file to the remote host.

type

Sets the file transfer mode:

  • ASCII
  • IMAGE (Binary)
  • EBCDIC

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08 December 2018

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