System Administration Guide

Essential ftp Commands

Table 46-2 Essential ftp Commands

Command 

Description 

ftp

Accesses the ftp command interpreter

ftp remote-system

Establishes an ftp connection to a remote system. For instructions, see "How to Open an ftp Connection to a Remote System"

open

Logs in to the remote system from the command interpreter 

close

Logs out of the remote system and returns to the command interpreter 

bye

Quits the ftp command interpreter

help

Lists all ftp commands or, if a command name is supplied, briefly describes what the command does

reset

Re-synchronizes the command-reply sequencing with the remote ftp server

ls

Lists the contents of the remote working directory 

pwd

Displays the name of the remote working directory 

cd

Changes the remote working directory 

lcd

Changes the local working directory 

mkdir

Creates a directory on the remote system 

rmdir

Deletes a directory on the remote system 

get, mget

Copies a file (or multiple files) from the remote working directory to the local working directory 

put, mput

Copies a file (or multiple files) from the local working directory to the remote working directory 

delete, mdelete

Deletes a file (or multiple files) from the remote working directory 

For more information, see ftp(1).