Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-23 Thread Chris Blouch
ftp knows how to do DNS lookups all on its own, so you should be able to just do "ftp www.someplace.com" and it will try to connect there and then prompt you for a username and password. A full ftp url would be formatted like this: ftp://username:passw...@somedomain.com:port/path So if you st

Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-22 Thread Tyler Thompson
This isn’t a direct answer to your question but up arrow cycles through the command history and would be preferable to copying and pasting into the terminal. On Jan 22, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Daniela Rubio wrote: > Thank you for your answer. I am new with Terminal, and I still find it > sometimes

Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-22 Thread Daniela Rubio
Thank you for your answer. I am new with Terminal, and I still find it sometimes hard to read the answers I get. In the FTP IP, for example, how do I copy it, so I can use it again when starting the FTP commands? Thanks a lot again! Daniela Rubio T  Distinguished Educator iPhone: +34662328507

Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-22 Thread Daniela Rubio
Thanks a lot. let’s see if I make it through the whole process. Regards from Barcelona! Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 22/01/2014, a las 15:00, Tyler Thompson escribió: > You need to use a DNS lookup on the link to figure out the IP address. > > Here’s what you type into the termina

Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-22 Thread Tyler Thompson
You need to use a DNS lookup on the link to figure out the IP address. Here’s what you type into the terminal prompt: dig domain.name Easy as that. On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:33 PM, Daniela Rubio wrote: > Hello > Please, can somebody give a hand to start an FTP by terminal? I have some > instruc

Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-21 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello Please, can somebody give a hand to start an FTP by terminal? I have some instructions, but it says that I need to wright the FTP’s IP address and the only thing I have is an FTP link, the address that one uses as a host on an FTP client. Thank you very much for your help! Best Daniela Ru

Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-21 Thread Chris Blouch
right. The basics are cd to change directory into the one you want, ls to list the contents of a directory and get Filename to transfer a filename from the remote machine to the directory you were in when you started the ftp command. If you are in a folder but want to move back up to the parent

Re: Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-21 Thread Scott B.
I know that you can do a dir /w for wide i think. You go to the directory by doing cd "directoryname". For example, "cd Angela". On 01/21/2014 08:31, Tim Emmons wrote: Hi guys, got a question. I haven't had any great luck with any of the free Ftp clients as of yet, filezilla doesn't seem tow

Ftp and Terminal mode

2014-01-21 Thread Tim Emmons
Hi guys, got a question. I haven't had any great luck with any of the free Ftp clients as of yet, filezilla doesn't seem tow irk or maybe I'm missing something on the setup, not sure, cyberduck might work but I can't seem to get the download to work, but I am able to get into ftp using terminal.