Lftp
Usage
It opens a shell-like interactive command line.
lftp OPTIONS URL| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-u | Specify the user (and optionally a password, comma separated). |
-p | Specify the port. |
| Target | URL syntax |
|---|---|
| FTP host | ftp://host/path |
| SFTP host | sftp://host/path |
After connecting to a remote server you have an interactive shell on the remote side. It may be a little confusing as the "local" may feel like where you are now (the remote), but that's not how it is.
- local is your local PC
- remote is the remote server.
Connecting
Open
Open connection to a different remote than the one specified in the command line.
open OPTS URL| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-u | Specify the user (and optionally a password, comma separated). |
-p | Specify the port. |
User
Use specified info for remote login. If password is not specified, it will ask.
user USER PASSTransferring files
Get
Retrieve the remote file. For wildcard expansion, use mget.
get FILES
mget FILES| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-P --parallel | Download N files in parallel. |
Put
Upload file into remote. For wildcard expansion, use mput.
put FILES
mput FILES| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-P --parallel | Download N files in parallel. |
Mirror
Mirror specified source directory to the target directory.
mirror OPTIONS SOURCE TARGETBy default the source is remote and the target is a local directory (get). When using -R, the source directory is local and the target is remote (put).
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-R --reverse | Reverse mirror (put files). |
-c --continue | Continue a mirror job if possible. |
-e --delete | Delete files not present at remote site. |
-r --no-recursion | Don't go to subdirectories. |
-P --parallel | Download N files in parallel. |
-i --include | Include matching files (Regex). |
-I --include-glob | Include matching files (Glob). |
-x --exclude | Exclude matching files (Regex). |
-X --exclude-glob | Exclude matching files (Glob). |
--only-missing | Download only missing files. |
--delete-excluded | Delete files excluded at the target. |
--include-glob-from | Load include glob patterns from the file, one per line. |
--exclude-glob-from | Load exclude glob patterns from the file, one per line. |
Examples
Download musics from www.vipvgm.net:
mirror -erP 100 -I '*.m4a' --exclude-glob-from exclude.txt --only-missing --delete-excluded https://www.vipvgm.net/mu/Sync files to Android through FTP or SFTP:
mirror --reverse --parallel=10 --ignore-time --delete --no-perms --verbose ~/Music/ ftp://android/sd-card/Music
mirror --reverse --ignore-time --delete --no-perms --verbose ~/Music/ sftp://android/storage/AAAA-BBBB/Music