ftp(1)

ftp1

File transfer protocol client.

Usage

ftp [OPTION ...] [HOST [PORT]]

Overview

Remote file transfer.

-4, --ipv4

contact IPv4 hosts

-6, --ipv6

contact IPv6 hosts

-A, --active

enable active mode transfer

-d, --debug

enable debugging output

-e, --no-edit

disable command line editing

-g, --no-glob

turn off file name globbing

-i, --no-prompt

do not prompt during multiple file transfers

-n, --no-login

do not automatically login to the remote system

-N, --netrc=NETRC

select a specific initialization file

--prompt[=PROMPT]

print a command line PROMPT (optionally), even if not on a tty

-p, --passive

enable passive mode transfer, default for `pftp'

-t, --trace

enable packet tracing

-v, --verbose

verbose output

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 1.1–1.2
  2. 1.3
  3. 2.0–2.2
  4. 3.0
  5. Arch

--active since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --debug since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --ipv4 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --ipv6 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --netrc since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-edit since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-glob since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-login since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-prompt since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --passive since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --prompt since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --trace since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --usage since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --verbose since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -4 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -6 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -? since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -A since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -N since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -V since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -e since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -p since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -t since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

-U until Debian 1.2 (Rex); -f until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -k until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -u until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -x until Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Author

Written by many authors.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From inetutils 2.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.