= ncftp Ftp Client Commands example cookbook
:source-highlighter: rouge
:date: 2022-02-09 07:55:25+00:00
:toc: auto





== Connect to remote FTP server specifying username and password on the command line
WARNING: This means that username/password can be seen by other users logged in on the machine (if any)

[source,bash]
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ncftp -u ftpuser -p qwe123 ftp.slackware.com
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.Here:
* -u _user_: specify username on the FTP server
* -p _password_: specify password of FTP user
* ftp.slackware.com: FTP server domain name or IP address to connect to.

After connecting we can issue FTP client commands on the prompt.


== Upload a file renaming it at the destination
`ncftp` will not upload a file if a file with the same name exists in the destination server. To still upload such file, we can rename it using `-z` option.
Upload file named _manifesto-1.pdf_ to the FTP server renaming it to _manifesto-2.pdf_

[source,bash]
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ncftp / > put -z manifesto-1.pdf manifesto-2.pdf
manifesto-1.pdf:                                        11.40 kB    2.49 MB/s 
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