Summary of FTP Commands

The following is a list of commands that may be useful when using FTP.

FTP Connection: open opens connection to a remote machine; close closes connection to remote machine; quit quits FTP application
The remote machine: pwd print working directory; cd change directory; ls -l fully detailed listing of directory contents; ls list directory contents; can use wildcard (*) eg ls a* (lists items beginning 'a'); del delete file
Your local machine: drive specify local drive; lls local directory listing; lmkdir create directory o local machine; lmdir remove directory on local machine; ldel delete file
File Transfer: ascii specify ASCII transfer mode; binary specify binary transfer mode; get get/retrieve file from remote machine; put put/send file to remote machine; send put/send file to remote machine; mget retrieve multiple files form remote machine; use wildcard (*) eg mget *.txt; mput put/send multiple files to remote machine; use wildcard (*) eg mput *.txt

And finally, the all-important help command, which will clarify the commands supported by the server.