Learning Common FTP Commands
At the prompt, you may type in an FTP command. To get a list of the commands available on your FTP program, type "help" or "?" at the FTP prompt:
ftp> **help**
Commands may be abbreviated. Commands are:
! delete literal prompt send proxy
? debug ls put status
append dir mdelete pwd trace
ascii disconnect mdir quit type
bell get mget quote user
binary glob mkdir recv verbose
bye hash mls remotehelp
cd help mput rename
close lcd open rmdir
To request information about a specific FTP command, type
ftp> **help _command_**
where command is the specific FTP command about which you want information. For example, if you type
ftp> **help delete**
the FTP utility will return
ftp> **help delete**
delete Delete
remote file
Many other interface commands are available. FTP can be run with different options, so please refer to your manual or the UNIX man page on FTP for more information.
Last updated March 31, 2010 @ 5:33 pm
