{"id":1408,"date":"2015-02-04T07:57:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T07:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2021-02-13T04:28:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T04:28:21","slug":"how-to-ftp-from-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-ftp-from-command-line\/","title":{"rendered":"How to FTP from command line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to upload or download information to or from your \u00a0FTP account, you need to set up connection to the ftp account. This can be done basically using your local windows or Linux system.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>[wpfmb type=&#8217;info&#8217; theme=2]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Important: If you are new to FTP and want to set up FTP service on your srever you can check my article on <a title=\"How to install FTP and setup user account\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-install-ftp-and-setup-user-account\/\">How to install FTP and set up user account<\/a><\/span>.[\/wpfmb]<\/p>\n<p>To get connected to any FTP server from windows start the command prompt and for Linux open terminal window. Now you have required IP or Hostname of FTP server and login credentials to connect with specific user.<\/p>\n<p>After use the command below to connect to the FTP account,<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">ftp &lt;IP address or hostname &gt;<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to replace the field after ftp with the\u00a0IP address or hostname of the ftp server.<\/p>\n<p>See the following sample output of the command,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FTP-from-command-line.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1414 pleslwp\" src=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FTP-from-command-line.jpg\" alt=\"FTP from command line\" width=\"641\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FTP-from-command-line.jpg 641w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FTP-from-command-line-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FTP-from-command-line-636x205.jpg 636w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FTP-from-command-line-320x103.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FTP-from-command-line-239x77.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now it will connect to the ftp server and you need to login to the server using the ftp user name and password.<\/p>\n<p>After giving\u00a0the password you can see the connection being established. Now you are allowed to perform actions on your files on the sever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to upload or download information to or from your \u00a0FTP account, you need to set up connection to the ftp account. This can be done basically using your local windows or Linux system. 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