This article spotlights alternative tools to ftp.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a network protocol used for transferring files from one computer system to another. Even though the safety of FTP raises concern, it remains an effective method of transferring files within a secure network.
| Command-line FTP Clients | |
|---|---|
| NcFTP | Popular console based user interface File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client program |
| LFTP | Mature open source file retrieving tool |
| cbftp | Advanced, multi-purpose client that focuses on efficient large-scale data spreading |
| termscp | Feature rich terminal file transfer and explorer, with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/S3 |
| tnftp | Based on the original BSD FTP client |
| Yafc | Intended to be a replacement for the standard ftp program |
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All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // find // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // strings // sudo // sysctl // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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