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April 25, 2005
Command Line FTP
If you'd like to try out the basic command-line FTP functionality in Windows, it is very easy to do.
First, go to a command prompt and type in ftp. To learn what the commands are, type in help at the ftp prompt. Or, type in help followed by a specific command to learn more (for example, help delete to learn more about the delete command).
To connect to a site, simply type open and the URL or IP address. For example, to connect to the FTPplanet FTP site, you would just type open ftp.ftpplanet.com.
Give the command line FTP a try and see what you think. I don't find it as easy or functional as an FTP client, but it gets the job done if you're on a computer that doesn't have a client available (say, a public computer at a tradeshow).
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Command line FTP is great for repetative jobs. It can be scripted so that a simple click of an icon can initiate the process. As far as a graphical client being better, it is a toss up. Once you get familiar with the commands, it may be a little faster.
Posted by: Mark Owens at April 27, 2005 10:15 AM
How can I get files that have a space in them from the command prompt FTP?
Posted by: Larry S at April 27, 2005 04:16 PM
When you have "file name.txt" as a file name, you can try "file%20name.txt" with the Rename command to get it to something useful, since Unix based systems see Hexidecimal Character 20 as a "space" character. Try to use an Underscore character instead of Space in file names.
Posted by: Ozzie at April 28, 2005 01:35 PM
What about Pasive mode? I don't see any commands for pasive mode in the FTP command line from Win XP SP2
Posted by: Erich at May 4, 2005 07:40 PM
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