Commands

!	$	?	ACCOUNT	APPEND
ASCII	BELL	BINARY	BYE	CASE
CD	CDUP	CLOSE	CR	DEBUG
DELETE	DIR	DISCONNECT	FORM	GET
GLOB	HASH	HELP	IDLE	LCD
LS	MACDEF	MDELETE	MDIR	MGET
MKDIR	MLS	MODE	MODETIME	MPUT
NEWER	NLIST	NMAP	NTRANS	OPEN
PROMPT	PROXY	PUT	PWD	QUIT
QUOTE	RECV	REGET	REMOTEHELP	REMOTESTATUS
RENAME	RESET	RESTART	RMDIR	RUNIQUE
SEND	SENDPORT	SITE	SIZE	STATUS
STRUCT	SUNIQUE	SYSTEM	TENEX	TRACE
TYPE	USER	VERBOSE	.	.

! Invokes an interactive shell on the local machine. (go top)
$ To execute the macro macro-name defined with the macdef command. (go top)
? Invokes the on-line help. (go top)
account Helpful to supply a supplemental password required by a remote system for access to resources once a login has been successfully completed. (go top)
append Appends a local file to a file on the remote machine. (go top)
ascii Sets the file transfer type to ASCII. This is the default. (go top)
bell This will signal with a beep or tone whenever a file transfer is completed. (go top)
binary Sets the file transfer type to binary. (go top)
bye Disconnect from the host. (go top)
case Toggle remote computer file name case mapping during mget go top (default is off). (go top)
cd Change the directory on the REMOTE system. (go top)
cdup Change the remote system working directory to the parent of the current remote system working directory. (go top)
chmod mode file-name Change the permission modes of the file file-name on the remote system. (go top)
close Terminate the FTP session with the remote server, and return to the command interpreter. (go top)
cr Toggle carriage return during ascii type file retrieval. The default is on. (go top)
debug Toggle debugging mode. (go top)
delete Delete the file remote-file on the remote machine. (go top)
dir List the files in the current directory on the remote system. (go top)
disconnect A synonym for close. (go top)
form Set the file transfer form. The default format is ``file''. (go top)
get RemoteFile [LocalFile] Copy the file named "RemoteFile" on the remote system to a file named "LocalFile" in your work directory. (go top)
glob Toggle filename expansion for mdelete, mget and mput. (go top)
hash This command lets you know that a transfer is progressing by displaying a pound sign (#) for each block (1024 bytes) of data transferred. (go top)
help lists all FTP go top with explanations. (go top)
idle [seconds] This command set the inactivity timer on the remote server to seconds.(go top)
lcd Change the working directory on the local machine. (go top)
ls provides a brief list of the names of files in the remote directory.(go top)
macdef macro_name Define a macro. (go top)
mdelete remote_files This command delete the remote-files on the remote machine. (go top)
mdir remote-files local-file Like dir, except multiple remote files may be specified. (go top)
mget RemoteFiles To get all the files that match the "wildcard" expression "RemoteFiles" from the remote system to your work directory. (go top)
mkdir directory-name Make a directory on the remote machine. (go top)
mls remote-files local-file Like nlist, except multiple remote files may be specified, and the local-file must be specified. (go top)
mode mode-name Set the file transfer mode to mode-name. The default mode is ``stream'' mode. (go top)
modetime file-name Show the last modification time of the file on the remote machine. (go top)
mput LocalFiles To put all the files that match the "wildcard" expression "LocalFiles" from your work directory to the remote system. (go top)
newer file-name Get the file only if the modification time of the remote file is more recent that the file on the current system. (go top)
nlist [remote-directory] [local-file] Print a list of the files in a directory on the remote machine. If no local file is specified, the output is sent to the terminal. (go top)
nmap [inpattern outpattern] Set or unset the filename mapping mechanism. This command is useful when you are connecting to a non-Unix remote computer with different file naming conventions. (go top)
ntrans [inchars [outchars]] Set or unset the filename character translation mechanism. This command is useful when you are connecting to a non-Unix remote computer with different file naming conventions. (go top)
open host [port] Establish a connection to the specified host FTP server. (go top)
prompt This is a toggle command to turn the prompting off or on when you are transferring multiple files. (go top)
proxy ftp-command Execute an ftp command on a secondary control connection. This command allows simultaneous connection to two remote ftp servers for transferring files between the two servers. The first proxy command should be an open, to establish the secondary control connection. Enter the command "proxy ?" to see other ftp go top executable on the secondary connection. (go top)
put LocalFile [RemoteFile] Puts the file named "LocalFile" in your work directory to a file named "RemoteFile" on the remote system. (go top)
pwd To display the full pathname of the current directory on the REMOTE system. (go top)
quit Like the "bye" command. (go top)
quote arg1 arg2 ... The arguments specified are sent, verbatim, to the remote FTP server. (go top)
recv remote-file [local-file] A synonym for get. (go top)
reget remote-file [local-file] Like get, except that if local-file exists and is smaller than remote-file, local-file is presumed to be a partially transferred copy of remote-file and the transfer is continued from the apparent point of failure. Helpful when you are getting big files. (go top)
remotehelp[command-name] Request help from the remote FTP server. (go top)
remotestatus[file-name] Shows status of remote machine. If file-name is specified, show status of file-name on remote system. (go top)
rename[from] [to] Rename the file from on the remote system, to the file to. (go top)
reset Clear reply queue. This command re-synchronizes command/reply sequencing with the remote ftp server. Resynchronization may be necessary following a violation of the ftp protocol by the remote server. (go top)
restart marker Restart the immediately following get or put at the indicated marker. (go top)
rmdir directory-name Delete a directory on the remote machine. (go top)
runique This assures that any file transferred to your work directory will be given a unique filename so that it does not overwrite an already existing file. (go top)
send local-file [remote-file] A synonym for put (go top)
sendport Toggle the use of PORT go top. (go top)
site arg1 arg2 ... The arguments specified are sent, verbatim, to the remote FTP server as a SITE command. (go top)
size file-name Return size of file-name on remote machine. (go top)
status Show the current status of ftp. (go top)
struct [struct-name] Set the file transfer structure to struct-name. By default ``stream'' structure is used. (go top)
sunique This assures that any file transferred to the remote directory will be given a unique filename so that it does not overwrite an already existing file. (go top)
system Show the type of operating system running on the remote machine. (go top)
tenex Set the file transfer type to that needed to talk to TENEX machines. (go top)
trace Toggle packet tracing. (go top)
type[type-name] Set the file transfer type to type-name. The default type is ASCII. (go top)
user user-name [password] [account] Identify yourself to the remote FTP server. (go top)
verbose Toggle verbose mode. In verbose mode, all responses from the FTP server are displayed to the user. In addition, if verbose is on, when a file transfer completes, statistics regarding the efficiency of the transfer are reported. By default, verbose is on. (go top)

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