Many times I am challenged to move many similar files from one server to another. Either I have to remote-desktop on to the server Windows , or have a session on the server AIX, Linux.

In these situations, I do not have a nice GUI utility, like FTP Voyager, setup to move my files. There are some good basic commands in FTP that make life easier to move many like files. The default mode for FTP is ASCII.

How do I use FTP from a command line?

Binary mode transmits the raw bytes of a file. This is useful when moving zipped or executable file. If you transmit your executable or zipped file in ASCII mode, you may find it corrupted on the receiving server.

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By setting the prompt to no, the FTP utility will automatically download multiple files without prompting. View some of the example below:.

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This week, cleaning up my personal folder, I found the notes I had to put these together. My hope is that these notes helps someone cut down on the number of message board they have to search to find the commands need to accomplish these tasks.

Getting Started With The FTP Command Line

Thank you so much for this post. If I need some 50 to Sorry, this is not an easy answer.

MGET does not read timestamps, only file names. You will probably need to script something to create a tempfile of the files you wish to move.

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