FTP Commands

FTP Commands

The following commands can be used in a file transfer protocol (FTP) command-line interface.

Command	Function	Example(s)
ftp	Connect to an FTP server (type this command in the terminal window to begin an FTP session)	ftp ftp ftp.servername.com ftp 123.456.789.012
open	Opens a connection with an FTP server (may be followed by a login prompt)	open ftp.servername.com
help OR ?	Display a list of commands	help
? [command]	Display helpful information about a command	? chmod
pwd	Display the current directory on the FTP server	pwd
cd	Change the directory on the FTP server	cd www (open the "www" directory) cd .. (move up one directory)
lcd	Chage the directory on your local computer	lcd Documents
ls OR dir	List the contents of a directory	ls
rename	Rename a file	rename test1.html test2.html
delete	Delete a file	delete test.html
mkdir	Create a new directory	mkdir testing
rmdir	Remove an existing directory	rmdir testing
ascii	Set the file transfer mode to ASCII text	ascii
binary	Set the file transfer mode to Binary	binary
get	Retrieves a file from the FTP server	get test1.php Documents/test2.php
put	Sends a file to the FTP server	put Documents/test1.php test2.php
mget	Retrieves multiple files from the FTP server (requires "Y" or "N" before downloading each file)	mget test1.php test2.php test3.php
mput	Sends multiple files to the FTP server (requires "Y" or "N" before sending each file)	mput test1.php test2.php test3.php
close	Close the current FTP session	close
quit, exit, or bye	Exit the FTP program	quit