Mac terminal using FTP command

1. Connect to the FTP server

Format: FTP [hostname| ip-address]

A) FTP ftp.drivehq.com

b) The server asks for your username and password, and then you can enter it.

2. Download the file

The download file usually uses the get and mget two commands.

a) Get

Format: Get [Remote-file] [Local-file]

Transfers a single file from the remote host to the local host.

b) mget

Format: mget [Remote-files]

Transfer multiple files from the remote host to the local host.

To get all the files in the CAHCE directory on the server,

Ftp> Cd/rcache

Ftp> Mget * *

3. Uploading Files

a) put

Format: Put Local-file [Remote-file]

Transfers a file from the local host to the remote host.

b) mput

Transfers a batch of files from the local host to the remote host.

To upload all the ODT files in the local current directory to the server doc directory

Ftp> Cd/doc

Ftp> Mput *.odt

4. Disconnect the connection

Bye: Interrupts the connection to the server.

Ftp> Bye

Another: The default local directory is home.

Enter help to get all the commands.

Mac terminal using FTP command