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.TH FTP "1" "September 2021" "GNU inetutils 2.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ftp \- File Transfer Protocol client.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ftp
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] [\fI\,HOST \/\fR[\fI\,PORT\/\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Remote file transfer.
.TP
\fB\-4\fR, \fB\-\-ipv4\fR
contact IPv4 hosts
.TP
\fB\-6\fR, \fB\-\-ipv6\fR
contact IPv6 hosts
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-active\fR
enable active mode transfer
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
enable debugging output
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-no\-edit\fR
disable command line editing
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-no\-glob\fR
turn off file name globbing
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-no\-prompt\fR
do not prompt during multiple file transfers
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-login\fR
do not automatically login to the remote system
.TP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-netrc\fR=\fI\,NETRC\/\fR
select a specific initialization file
.TP
\fB\-\-prompt\fR[=\fI\,PROMPT\/\fR]
print a command line PROMPT (optionally), even if
not on a tty
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passive\fR
enable passive mode transfer, default for `pftp'
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-trace\fR
enable packet tracing
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbose output
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print program version
.PP
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by many authors.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-inetutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ftpd(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B ftp
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B ftp
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info ftp
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.