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FTP Commands List List of totally free List on File Transfer Protocol Commands: Commands on FTP                                  ascii Switch to ascii mode. Ascii mode is the default mode and used for transferring text files  binary Switch to binary mode. For transferring binary files like .ZIP files, .Z files and the like  cd Change the directory on the remote computer  dir List the files in the current directory on the remote computer.  ls Same as 'dir', but shows less information sometimes.  get Copy a file from the remote computer to yours  hash Puts a '#' on the screen for every <number> of bytes transferred. <number> is 1024 in some cases, 2048 in others but is between 1024 and 4096 in most cases. Check the ftp 'help' function for more info on the number for your clientprogram. help Gives help on the use of commands within the ftp program  lcd Change the directory on your computer (the 'l' is for local)  lpwd Shows the present working directory (pwd) on your computer (the 'l' is for local). Note: this may not work on all machines. On a Unix machine, try !pwd if lwpd doesn't work.  mget Copy multiple files from the remote computer to yours  pwd Shows the present working directory (pwd) on the remote computer Example of using FTP: open <site> <username> <password> cd <directory> dir # To obtain a directory listing get <file>  _______________________________________________________________ Need Unix Commands?........Go!