macOS FTP single-line upload Terminal command

[Terminal001]

Hello everyone!

Is there a way to upload files to an FTP server with a single-line command?
Something like:
ftp login😛ass@localhost mput "files" ?
Without having to connect first, and then execute mput.

Thank you!

 

[lee1210]

I haven't had to do this, but from the manpage it looks like you can setup an entry in your .netrc file with login information and a macro definition called init. This will result in auto-login and running of the macro when you run:
ftp servername

Check out the ftp man page, and play with this. You might need the -i option to allow an unprompted mput.

-Lee

 

[lloyddean]

curl -T uploadfile -u user😛asswd ftp://ftp.upload.com/myfile

For more info 'man curl'

 

[balamw]

For more info 'man curl'

Gotta love curl! I used to use wget, but since curl is pre-installed on OS X I've developed a healthy respect for it.

B

 

[Terminal001]

Thanks a lot guys! Both solutions are really clever, but I guess the use of Curl would be more elegant. Love the macro-script idea though!

 

[elmsley]

Investigate something called "here documents" for a different kind of answer.