Essential FTP Commands
ftp starts an FTP session (on a Unix host)
open hostname attempts to make a connection to the host computer address you type
close hostname closes your current connection, if any
cd .. move up one directory on remote host
cd directoryname move to a specified subdirectory on remote host
dir display the current directory’s content on the remote host
lcd directoryname change the local directory
ls -l display the current directory’s content (similar to dir, but less information is displayed about each file and directory)
pwd display the name of the directory you are in on remote host
ascii prepare to transfer ASCII text files only
binary prepare to transfer files with binary characters
get filename transfer (download) a file from the FTP archive
put filename transfer (upload) a file to the FTP archive
mget filenames transfer (download) multiple files from the FTP archive
mput filenames transfer (upload) multiple files to the FTP archive
prompt turn on/off the prompting mode for mget or mput
quit end an FTP session (other commands might be bye, exit, logout)