# lftp [option] [hostname]
[redhat@dlp ~]$ lftp -u fedora www.srv.world
Password: # login user password
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~>
# show current directory on FTP server
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> pwd
ftp://fedora@www.srv.world
# show current directory on localhost
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> !pwd
/home/redhat
# show files in current directory on FTP server
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> ls
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Apr 28 01:33 public_html
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Apr 28 16:32 test.py
# show files in current directory on localhost
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> !ls -l
total 12
-rw-rw-r-- 1 redhat redhat 10 Apr 28 14:30 redhat.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 redhat redhat 10 Apr 28 14:59 test2.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 redhat redhat 10 Apr 28 14:59 test.txt
# change directory
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> cd public_html
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~/public_html> pwd
ftp://fedora@www.srv.world/%2Fhome/fedora/public_html
# upload a file to FTP server
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> put redhat.txt
22 bytes transferred
Total 2 files transferred
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> ls
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Apr 28 01:33 public_html
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:01 redhat.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Apr 28 16:32 test.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:01 test.txt
# upload some files to FTP server
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> mput test.txt test2.txt
22 bytes transferred
Total 2 files transferred
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> ls
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Apr 28 01:33 public_html
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Apr 28 16:32 test.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:06 test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:06 test2.txt
# set permission to overwrite files on localhost when using [get/mget]
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> set xfer:clobber on
# download a file to localhost
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> get test.py
416 bytes transferred
# download some remote files to localhost
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> mget test.txt test2.txt
20 bytes transferred
Total 2 files transferred
# create a directory on remote current directory
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> mkdir testdir
mkdir ok, `testdir' created
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> ls
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Apr 28 01:33 public_html
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Apr 28 16:32 test.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:06 test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:06 test2.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 6 Apr 28 17:16 testdir
226 Directory send OK.
# remove a directory on remote current directory
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> rmdir testdir
rmdir ok, `testdir' removed
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> ls
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Apr 28 01:33 public_html
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Apr 28 16:32 test.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:06 test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:06 test2.txt
# remove a remote file
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> rm test2.txt
rm ok, `test2.txt' removed
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> ls
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Apr 28 01:33 public_html
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Apr 28 16:32 test.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Apr 28 17:06 test.txt
# remove some remote files
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> mrm redhat.txt test.txt
rm ok, 2 files removed
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> ls
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Apr 28 01:33 public_html
# execute commands with ![command]
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> !cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
.....
.....
fedora:x:1001:1001::/home/fedora:/bin/bash
# exit
lftp fedora@www.srv.world:~> quit
221 Goodbye.
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