FTP Client Commands Table Cheat Sheet

This is the FTP Client Commands Table Cheat Sheet. The table below lists the FTP commands that may be sent to an FTP server, these includes all commands that are standardized by the IETF.

It is important to know that most command-line FTP clients have their own set of commands for their users. As an example, GET is the user command to download a file instead of the known and raw command RETR.

FTP Commands for Clients and Servers

Command

Description

ABOR

Abort an active file transfer.

ACCT

Account information.

ADAT

Authentication/Security Data

ALLO

Allocate sufficient disk space to receive a file.

APPE

Append.

AUTH

Authentication/Security Mechanism

CCC

Clear Command Channel

CDUP

Change to Parent Directory.

CONF

Confidentiality Protection Command

CWD

Change working directory.

DELE

Delete file.

ENC

Privacy Protected Channel

EPRT

Specifies an extended address and port to which the server should connect.

EPSV

Enter extended passive mode.

FEAT

Get the feature list implemented by the server.

HELP

Returns usage documentation on a command if specified, else a general help document is returned.

HOST

Identify desired virtual host on server, by name.

LANG

Language Negotiation

LIST

Returns information of a file or directory if specified, else information of the current working directory is returned.

LPRT

Specifies a long address and port to which the server should connect.

LPSV

Enter long passive mode.

MDTM

Return the last-modified time of a specified file.

MIC

Integrity Protected Command

MKD

Make directory.

MLSD

Lists the contents of a directory if a directory is named.

MLST

Provides data about exactly the object named on its command line, and no others.

MODE

Sets the transfer mode (Stream, Block, or Compressed).

NLST

Returns a list of file names in a specified directory.

NOOP

No operation (dummy packet; used mostly on keepalives).

OPTS

Select options for a feature.

PASS

Authentication password.

PASV

Enter passive mode.

PBSZ

Protection Buffer Size

PORT

Specifies an address and port to which the server should connect.

PROT

Data Channel Protection Level.

PWD

Print working directory. Returns the current directory of the host.

QUIT

Disconnect.

REIN

Re-initializes the connection.

REST

Restart transfer from the specified point.

RETR

Retrieve a copy of the file

RMD

Remove a directory.

RNFR

Rename from.

RNTO

Rename to.

SITE

Sends site specific commands to remote server.

SIZE

Return the size of a file.

SMNT

Mount file structure.

STAT

Returns the current status.

STOR

Accept the data and to store the data as a file at the server site

STOU

Store file uniquely.

STRU

Set file transfer structure.

SYST

Return system type.

TYPE

Sets the transfer mode .

USER

Authentication username.

XCUP

Change to the parent of the current working directory

XMKD

Make a directory

XPWD

Print the current working directory

XRCP

XRMD

Remove the directory

XRSQ

XSEM

Send, mail if cannot

XSEN

Send to terminal

posted February 25, 2016 by THE11thROCK for TeraBlitz.com

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