ftp1
File transfer protocol client.
Usage
ftp [OPTION ...]
[HOST
[PORT]]
Overview
Remote file transfer.
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-4, --ipv4 -
contact IPv4 hosts
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-6, --ipv6 -
contact IPv6 hosts
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-A, --active -
enable active mode transfer
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-d, --debug -
enable debugging output
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-e, --no-edit -
disable command line editing
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-g, --no-glob -
turn off file name globbing
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-i, --no-prompt -
do not prompt during multiple file transfers
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-n, --no-login -
do not automatically login to the remote system
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-N, --netrc=NETRC -
select a specific initialization file
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--prompt[=PROMPT] -
print a command line PROMPT (optionally), even if not on a tty
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-p, --passive -
enable passive mode transfer, default for `pftp'
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-t, --trace -
enable packet tracing
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-v, --verbose -
verbose output
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-?, --help -
give this help list
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--usage -
give a short usage message
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-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.
--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).