To open Command Line (CMD) in Windows, you can search “CMD” and open the Command Prompt application. If you cannot find the application, then you can Run CMD.exe by pressing the Windows key + R.
When you type “help” you get a list of commands that you can run.
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Command |
Description |
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? |
To request help or information about the FTP commands | |
| ascii |
To set the mode of file transfer to ASCII (this is the default and transmits seven bits per character) |
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binary |
To set the mode of file transfer to binary (the binary mode transmits all eight bits per byte and thus provides less chance of a transmission error and must be used to transmit files other than ASCII files) |
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bye |
To exit the FTP environment (same as quit) |
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cd |
To change directory on the remote machine |
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close |
To terminate a connection with another computer | |
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delete |
To delete (remove) a file in the current remote directory (same as rm in UNIX) | |
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get |
to copy one file from the remote machine to the local machine | |
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help |
To request a list of all available FTP commands | |
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lcd |
To change directory on your local machine (same as UNIX cd) | |
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ls |
To list the names of the files in the current remote directory | |
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Dir |
To list remote directory | |
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mkdir |
To make a new directory within the current remote directory | |
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mget |
To copy multiple files from the remote machine to the local machine; you are prompted for a y/n answer before transferring each file |
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mget * |
Copies all the files in the current remote directory to your current local directory, using the same filenames. Notice the use of the wild card character, *. |
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Prompt |
To turn on/off interactive mode. Which helps turn off prompt for y/n during mget or mput |
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mput |
To copy multiple files from the local machine to the remote machine; you are prompted for a y/n answer before transferring each file. mput * copies all the files in the specified or current local directory to your current remote directory, using the same filenames. Notice the use of the wildcard character, *. Also *.filepath copies everything in the specified or current local directory with a specific filepath into the remote directory. | |
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open |
To open a connection with another computer. | |
Reference Links #
Using the command line to connect to HostedFTP
