Code 2004/01/26 1 min read

Automated FTP script

By Ozh

1. create a script file :

open ftp.domain.com
user mylogin mypasswd
lcd /my/local/dir
put myfile
bye
quit

2. call the script :

ftp -inv < script &[/code] 3. that's all.

8 comments

ole 2004/10/21

thanks..that helped !
Scott McNeilly 2005/07/28

Thanks. That solved my problem. I had tried "ftp
antz 2007/09/15

You may consider using "expect" for automating ftp, telnet etc.
Ozh 2007/09/15

Antz » indeed, didn't know this, and it looks rather nice and simple to use. Thanks for the suggestion.
dbuska 2007/10/09

how to use ftp behind proxy ftp or firewall, please give me the sample script. Thanks.
Alfred Tong 2007/12/15

Yeah that works but to put it inside of a script, this is the solution:)

ftp -ivn <<EOL
open FTP_SERVER
user USERNAME PASSWORD
lcd /path/to/file
put file
bye
quit
EOL
joe donner 2008/12/10

nice one. very helpful. thanks for sharing.
Rohit 2009/05/18

simplest solution I found so far.. I'm an iSeries admin and know peanuts about Linux. I need to setup a small demo which involves FTP between various servers.. out of all soutions I came across this was the best for my purpose! Thanks a ton!!

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