ftp commands

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Commands for command line programs

Some useful and essential commands for FTP, and Telnet are listed here to help you along if you dont already have the luxury of WSFTP or CUTE FTP
ftp commands
user if you happen to get the username or password wrong
dir to change directories
ls -l to list remote directory contents.
put to transfer files to the remote computer e.g. put index.html
get to download the files to your computer
ASCII set transfer type to ascii (for text files, HTML)
BIN sets transfer type to Binary for images.
bye to exit your ftp connections

Telnet commands
quit is always handy, that gets you out of the telnet session.
dir to list the directory contents
ls -l on Unix systems for the dir equivalent.
display may also be useful; it shows you what some of your settings are, such as the erase character.
open will let you type in the name of the host you are trying to reach.
help will give you a list of commands that you can type.
close will let you close one telnet session and return to the telnet> prompt, so you can start another.
set lets you change the parameters that are shown when you type display. This can be useful if you like a specific command for your erase character or your escape character.

pretty simple stuff really
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