ftp
at a console prompt. You should be put into an FTP shell that looks like this:
ftp>
help
. To get a simple description of any command, type help command
. This guide will only cover a fraction of these commands; read about the rest in the ftp man page.
open
command. The syntax is open ftp.server.com
port
Where ftp.server.com
is the FTP server you wish to connect to. It is not necessary to specify a port with this command unless you are connecting to a non-default port. The default port for FTP is port 21. Alternatively, you can connect to an FTP server as you start the ftp program. To do this, use the syntax ftp ftp.server.com portftp.server.com
port
Where the port
option is, again, optional.