Admin at 19:32, 19 October 2023

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 * And then if we check on the remote machine via ftp we can see:
-<pre>johnlradford@www2:$~&gt; cat blah.txt
+<pre>john@server:$~&gt; cat blah.txt
 fart</pre>
 * To see a help menu for ftp run help:
 <pre>ftp&gt; help lcd
 lcd         change local working directory</pre>

Admin: Created page with "To use the FTP command line utility run the command below. ftp example.com

 Connected to example.com. 220 ProFTPD Server (example.com FTP server) Name (example.com): YOUR_USERNAME                331 Password required for YOUR_USERNAME Password: 230 User YOUR_USERNAME logged in Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files.

* Then enable passive mode:

 ftp> passive Passive mode on.

* You can list files with

ls
2023-10-04T12:34:31Z
Created page with "To use the FTP command line utility run the command below.   ftp example.com  <pre> Connected to example.com. 220 ProFTPD Server (example.com FTP server) Name (example.com): YOUR_USERNAME                331 Password required for YOUR_USERNAME Password: 230 User YOUR_USERNAME logged in Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. </pre>  * Then enable passive mode:  <pre> ftp> passive Passive mode on. </pre>  * You can list files with <code>ls</code..."
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To use the FTP command line utility run the command below.



 ftp example.com



<pre>

Connected to example.com.

220 ProFTPD Server (example.com FTP server)

Name (example.com): YOUR_USERNAME               

331 Password required for YOUR_USERNAME

Password:

230 User YOUR_USERNAME logged in

Remote system type is UNIX.

Using binary mode to transfer files.

</pre>



* Then enable passive mode:



<pre>

ftp&gt; passive

Passive mode on.

</pre>



* You can list files with <code>ls</code> or <code>dir</code>:



<pre>ftp&gt; ls

227 Entering Passive Mode.

150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for file list

app.js	bin 	public_ftp   

backup	public_html  www_logs

226 Transfer complete</pre>



* Pull a file down from the server with the <code>get</code> command:



<pre>ftp&gt; get app.js

local: app.js remote: app.js

227 Entering Passive Mode (66,39,65,154,129,77).

150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for app.js (338 bytes)

226 Transfer complete

338 bytes received in 0.00 secs (1.2446 MB/s)</pre>



* Then disconnect and you can see you have the file on your client machine:



<pre>ftp&gt; exit

221 Goodbye.



blue@Home:$~&gt; cat app.js

const http = require('http');



const hostname = '127.0.0.1';

const port = 3000;

...</pre>



* You run commands on your local machine through the ftp shell by prefixing a ! char:



<pre>ftp&gt; !cat blah.txt

blah blah blah</pre>



* To upload a file to a server use the <code>put</code> command:



<pre>ftp&gt; put blah.txt

local: blah.txt remote: blah.txt

227 Entering Passive Mode (66,39,65,154,129,91).

150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for blah.txt

226 Transfer complete

5 bytes sent in 0.00 secs (256.9901 kB/s)</pre>



* And then if we check on the remote machine via ftp we can see:



<pre>johnlradford@www2:$~&gt; cat blah.txt

fart</pre>



* To see a help menu for ftp run help:



<pre>ftp&gt; help lcd

lcd         change local working directory</pre>

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Admin at 19:32, 19 October 2023