FTP & SCP from Linux terminal

SCP - Secure copy

Download a file via SCP

File :        /tmp/mysql.dump.sql

Server/Login :    THE_USERNAME:PASSWORD@domain.com

Download to :     . (Current directory)

scp user:pass@domain.com:/tmp/mysql.dump.sql .

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

Connet to the server

ftp ftp.domain.com

Show the files in the current directory

ls

Show the current directory path

pwd

Change the directory

cd DIRECTODY_PATH

Change the directory in the local machine

lcd DIRECTODY_PATH

Download a file

get FILE_NAME

Download multimple files (Exampel all .txt files)

mget *.txt

Upload a file

put FILE_NAME

Upload multimple files (Exampel all .txt files)

mput *.txt

Delete a file

delete FILE_NAME

Delete a directory

rmdir

Close the connection from FTP server

quit (or bye)