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FTP Server : FTP Client (CentOS)2019/11/05

 
For how to connect to FTP server from Client computer, the example follows is on CentOS Client.
[1] Install FTP Client.
[root@dlp ~]#
dnf -y install lftp
[2] Login as a common user and use FTP access.
# lftp [option] [hostname]

[redhat@dlp ~]$
lftp -u cent www.srv.world

Password:    
# login user password

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
# show current directory on FTP server

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
pwd

ftp://cent@www.srv.world
# show current directory on localhost

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
!pwd

/home/redhat
# show files in current directory on FTP server

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
ls

drwxrwxr-x    2 1000     1000            6 Nov 03 16:33 public_html
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test.txt
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test2.txt
# show files in current directory on localhost

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
!ls -l

total 4
drwxrwxr-x. 2 redhat redhat 6 Nov  3 16:35 testdir
-rw-rw-r--. 1 redhat redhat 9 Nov  3 16:35 testfile.txt
# change directory

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
cd public_html

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~/public_html>
pwd

ftp://cent@www.srv.world/%2Fhome/cent/public_html

# upload a file to FTP server

# [-a] means ascii mode ( default is binary mode )

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
put -a testfile.txt

10 bytes transferred
lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
ls

drwxrwxr-x    2 1000     1000           26 Nov 03 16:38 public_html
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test.txt
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test2.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000            9 Nov 03 16:39 testfile.txt
# upload some files to FTP server

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
mput -a testfile.txt test.txt

16 bytes transferred
Total 2 files transferred
lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
ls

drwxrwxr-x    2 1000     1000           26 Nov 03 16:38 public_html
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:40 test.txt
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test2.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000            9 Nov 03 16:40 testfile.txt
# set permission to overwite files on localhost when using [get/mget]

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
set xfer:clobber on
# download a file to localhost

# [-a] means ascii mode ( default is binary mode )

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
get -a test.txt

6 bytes transferred
# download some remote files to localhost

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
mget -a test.txt testfile.txt

16 bytes transferred
Total 2 files transferred
# create a directory on remote current directory

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
mkdir testdir

mkdir ok, `testdir' created
lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
ls

drwxrwxr-x    2 1000     1000           26 Nov 03 16:38 public_html
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:40 test.txt
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test2.txt
drwxr-xr-x    2 1000     1000            6 Nov 03 16:47 testdir
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000            9 Nov 03 16:40 testfile.txt
# remove a directory on remote current directory

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
rmdir testdir

rmdir ok, `testdir' removed
lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
ls

drwxrwxr-x    2 1000     1000           26 Nov 03 16:38 public_html
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:40 test.txt
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test2.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000            9 Nov 03 16:40 testfile.txt
# remove a remote file

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
rm testfile.txt

rm ok, `testfile.txt' removed
lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
ls

drwxrwxr-x    2 1000     1000           26 Nov 03 16:38 public_html
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:40 test.txt
-rw-rw-r--    1 1000     1000            5 Nov 03 16:34 test2.txt
# remove some remote files

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
mrm test.txt test2.txt

rm ok, 2 files removed
lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
ls

drwxrwxr-x    2 1000     1000           26 Nov 03 16:38 public_html
# execute commands with ![command]

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
!cat /etc/passwd

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
.....
.....
# exit

lftp cent@www.srv.world:~>
quit
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