FTP client - get file in one command

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How do I execute FTP commands on one line?

I have the following FTP client conversation:

variscite@variscite-desktop:~$ ftp 192.168.100.10
Connected to 192.168.100.10.
220 (vsFTPd 2.3.5)
Name (192.168.100.10:variscite): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> get hello hello
local: hello remote: hello
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.                                                                       
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for hello (7796 bytes).                                                         
226 Transfer complete.                                                                                                  
7796 bytes received in 0.01 secs (702.8 kB/s)                                                                           
ftp> exit                                                                                                               
221 Goodbye.

Is it possible to do this in one command, or write a shell script which does the same? Client computer is Ubuntu 12.04, and I need to do this without installing additional packages.

I never tried this with FTP, but I think you just need to specify these commands in a bash file. — Evandro Silva, Nov 07 '12 at 13:21
@Rinzwind - I cannot use the answer to this question, because lftp is not available. — Alex F, Nov 07 '12 at 13:42

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '12 at 14:03

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While I agree that scp is better, it's not only that your client needs the scp command, your server needs to support that as well ofcourse. Enough situations where you can just reach the server through FTP, isn't there?

If you want to get a file from FTP you could just use wget ?

wget ftp://username:password@SERVERNAME/directory/file

answered Nov 07 '12 at 14:03

Nanne

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wget ftp://anonymous:@192.168.100.10/hello - got it working. Thanks. – Alex F Nov 07 '12 at 14:31
I added also chmod +x hello since this is executable. – Alex F Nov 07 '12 at 14:32
What if user name or password includes "@" chareacter like username "abc@ddd.com" or password like "abc@2017" – acs Jan 25 '17 at 09:15
I would escape those with a "", so "abc@ddd.com" – Nanne Jan 25 '17 at 13:47
Hi, how could we list directory? – LoranceChen May 16 '18 at 09:29

FTP client - get file in one command

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