FTP on Linux

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Installation in Ubuntu¶

:::bash
wajig install ftp

FTP¶

1. Most FTP severs accpets only SFTP connections, which means that you have to log into those servers using sftp instead of ftp. The tricky part is that connecting to those servers using ftp might hang without meaningful error messages. So if you encounter issues log into a FTP server using ftp, try sftp instead.

    :::bash
    sftp user@server [port]

2. ftp transfer non-text use binary mode