I want a batch file to ftp to a server, read out a text file, and disconnect. The server requires a user and password. I tried
- Using the Windows FTP client you would want to use the -s:filename option to specify a script for the FTP client to run. The documentation specifically points out that you should not try to pipe input into the FTP client with a.
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used to exchange files between computers on a private network or through the Internet. There are three ways in which FTP is commonly accessed: Command-line FTP client. Graphical FTP clients. The first two are straightforward methods that allow you to directly use a Web browser (such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet.
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but it never logged on. How can I get this to work?
Apr 21, 2018 FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the most popular protocol to transfer files (download and upload) from one system to another system. It provides the fastest way transfer files. There is much application available on Linux and windows to FTP services like vsFTPd, proFTPd for Linux, FileZilla Server for windows. Note: FTP is no longer recommended for transferring sensitive files. Learn why in the article Countering Packet Sniffers Using Encrypted FTP. Simple FTP script for the Windows command line. An FTP script consists of the same commands that you normally issue in an interactive session, except that the commands are entered into a file.
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The answer by 0x90h helped a lot...
I saved this file as u.ftp:
I then ran this command:
And it worked!!!
Thanks a lot man :)
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Using the Windows FTP client you would want to use the
-s:filename
option to specify a script for the FTP client to run. The documentation specifically points out that you should not try to pipe input into the FTP client with a <
character.
Execution of the script will start immediately, so it does work for username/password.
However, the security of this setup is questionable since you now have a username and password for the FTP server visible to anyone who decides to look at your batch file.
Either way, you can generate the script file on the fly from the batch file and then pass it to the FTP client like so:
Replace servername, username, and password with your details and the batch file will generate the script as temp.txt launch ftp with the script and then delete the script.
If you are always getting the same file you can replace the
Simon East
%1
with the file name. If not you just launch the batchfile and provide the name of the file to get as an argument.
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This is an old post however, one alternative is to use the command options:
the -n will suppress the initial login and then the file contents would be: (replace the 127.0.0.1 with your FTP site url)
This avoids the user/password on separate lines
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You need to write the ftp commands in a text file and give it as a parameter for the ftp command like this:
More info here: http://www.nsftools.com/tips/MSFTP.htm
I am not sure though if it would work with username and password prompt.
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Each line of a batch file will get executed; but only after the previous line has completed. In your case, as soon as it hits the ftp line the ftp program will start and take over user input. When it is closed then the remaining lines will execute. Meaning the username/password are never sent to the FTP program and instead will be fed to the command prompt itself once the ftp program is closed.
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Instead you need to pass everything you need on the ftp command line. Something like:
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Use
as decribed in Windows XP Professional Product Documentation.
The file name that you have to specify in place of FileName must contain FTP commands that you want to send to the server. Among theses commands are
- open Computer [Port] to connect to an FTP server,
- user UserName [Password] [Account] to authenticate with the FTP server,
- get RemoteFile [LocalFile] to retrieve a file,
- quit to end the FTP session and terminate the ftp program.
More commands can be found under Ftp subcommands.
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You can use PowerShell as well; this is what I did. As I needed to download a file based on a pattern I dynamically created a command file and then let
ftp
do the rest.
I used basic PowerShell commands. I did not need to download any additional components. I first checked if the requisite number of files existed. If they I invoked the FTP the second time with an Mget.I run this from a Windows Server 2008 connecting to a Windows XP remote server.
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Here's what I use. In my case, certain ftp servers (pure-ftpd for one) will always prompt for the username even with the -i parameter, and catch the 'user username' command as the interactive password. What I do it enter a few NOOP (no operation) commands until the ftp server times out, and then login:
Justin GoldbergJustin Goldberg
I have written a script as *.sh file
Works fine for me
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the most popular protocol to transfer files (download and upload) from one system to another system. It provides the fastest way to transfer files. There is much application available on Linux and windows to FTP services like vsFTPd, proFTPd for Linux, FileZilla Server for windows.
There are various ways to connect to the FTP server, Also you can find multiple free tools on the internet to work with FTP. But system admins know the power of command line. This article will help you to how to connect to the FTP server using the command line and Download and Upload Files using FTP protocol between the FTP server local system.
Remember that FTP is not a secure protocol. We recommend using SFTP for transferring files security. Visit below links to how to use SFTP.
Linux Command To Download File From Ftp Server
1. Connect to FTP Server via Command Line
To connect to any FTP server from windows open its command prompt and for Linux open terminal window. Now you have required IP or Hostname of FTP server and login credentials to connect with a specific user.
2. Upload Single File to FTP Server
To upload file on FTP server use
put
command from FTP prompt. First, navigate to the desired directory on the FTP server where to upload a file and use the following command. It will upload local system file c:filesfile1.txt to uploads directory on FTP server.
3. Download A Single File from FTP
Ftp Command To Download File In Linux
To download the file from FTP server, we use
get
command. Using that command we can download one time at a time. To download any file from FTP server First login to your FTP server, navigate to the directory and use the following command to download
4. Upload Multiple Files to FTP
To upload multiple files to FTP server use
mput
command. You can also specify wildcard characters to upload multiple files to the server at a time. First, navigate to the desired directory on the FTP server where to upload a file and use the following command. It will upload local system files with .txt extension in c:files directory to uploads directory on FTP server.
5. Download Multiple Files from FTP
To download multiple files from FTP server, we use
mget
command. Using that command we can download more than one file at a time. To download multiple files specify wildcard character for specifying directory name do download all files from the directory.