How to upload one file by FTP from command line?

Question

I need to upload a single file to FTP server from Ubuntu. This operation should be done in a script (in non-interactive mode). What is the right syntax for ftp?

I'm trying this, to no avail:

$ ftp -u ftp://user:[e-mail] my-local-file.txt
ftp: Invalid URL `ftp://'

Answer 1

Here is one approach:

$ ftp -n <<EOF
open ftp.example.com
user user secret
put my-local-file.txt
EOF

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Alternatively, create (or edit) the ~/.netrc file in the home dir of the user that will run the ftp command, give it appropriate perms (chmod 0600 ~/.netrc), and add the following:

# ~/.netrc
machine ftp.example.com
login user
password secret

Then omit the login information, as in:

$ echo put my-local-file.txt | ftp ftp.example.com

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Also, here's how you might do the same thing using curl:

$ curl -T my-local-file.txt ftp://ftp.example.com --user user:secret

Answer 2

I can recommend ftp-upload. It's a neat little tool that you can install under ubuntu through sudo apt-get install ftp-upload.

Usage example:

ftp-upload -h {HOST} -u {USERNAME} --password {PASSWORD} -d {SERVER_DIRECTORY} {FILE_TO_UPLOAD}

Answer 3

You need to fix the URL given in your statement. You received the error because the URL was incomplete - it was missing the name of the object you are uploading. Once you add the filename after 'example.com' as I have done below, you will see the single command does indeed work as you intended.

Try this:

ftp -u ftp://user:[e-mail]/my-local-file.txt my-local-file.txt

Answer 4

Install ncftp and use the ncftpput tool that comes along with it, pretty much something like this syntax:

ncftpput -u ftpuser -p ftppass ftphostname /path/where/to/upload localfile.name
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Upload failed"; fi

You can even check if the upload status is good or bad. The normal ftp client can also be used along with expect.

Answer 5

You can also try lftp.

Here is an example:

lftp -e 'cd folder1/folder2; put /home/path/yourfile.tar; bye' -u user,password ftp.theserver.com

Refer here for more details

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Answer 6

Upload a file to a remote location via command line

#!/bin/bash
#$1 is the file name
#usage:this_script <filename>
HOST='yourhost'
USER="youruser"
PASSWD="pass"
FILE="abc.php"
REMOTEPATH='/html'

ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
cd $REMOTEPATH
put $FILE 
quit
END_SCRIPT
exit 0

Answer 7

I use BusyBox's ftpput to do this:

# /bin/busybox ftpput

BusyBox v1.20.2 (Debian 1:1.20.0-7) multi-call binary.

Usage: ftpput [OPTIONS] HOST [REMOTE_FILE] LOCAL_FILE

Upload a file to a FTP server

    -v,--verbose            Verbose
    -u,--username USER      Username
    -p,--password PASS      Password
    -P,--port NUM           Port

Note: busybox ftpget work well too.

Answer 8

i improved Marty answer like below (include binary):

[ftp_example_1.sh]

$ ftp_example_sh.sh dump_file

ftp -n <<EOF
open 192.168.0.10
user anonymous aaa
binary
put $1
EOF

[ftp_example_2.sh]

$ftp_example_2.sh 192.168.0.10 dump_file

ftp -n <<EOF
open $1
user anonymous aaa
binary
put $2
EOF

Answer 9

You could also use the sftp or ftp command

sftp {user}@{IP}
Password:
put {path To File On Local Computer}

Answer 10

FtpPut(){
    echo `echo -e "open host\nuser user pass\nbinary\nput $1\nquit"|ftp -nv`
}
FtpPut asd.txt
FtpPut asd.mp4
FtpPut asd.php
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