

- #WINDOWS TFTP CLIENT COMMAND LINE EXAMPLE PASSWORD#
- #WINDOWS TFTP CLIENT COMMAND LINE EXAMPLE WINDOWS#
You can simply enter the lcd command like this: Interestingly, it's possible to display the current local directory (not its contents) without escaping to the shell. To display contents in a format similar to the dir command, use the -l option.

Note that !ls won't display the contents in the same format as the dir command shown earlier. Will list all the contents of the local directory. In Linux, the command to list the contents of a directory is ls. This can be done with the exclamation mark !. But before you can do that, you'll have to escape to the shell. For that, you'll need to run a local shell command. The command for listing the contents of the local directory is a little bit different. Listing The Contents Of The L ocal Directory To display the contents of the current remote directory on the FTP server, just enter the command: Listing The Contents Of The R emote Directory Let's try some of those commands on that list (mkdir, delete, rename, rmdir, glob, verbose, etc). If the login was a success, you should get a message saying you're now logged in.Īnother way to do this would be to type in ftp followed by the FTP server's hostname or IP address, like so:Īs soon as you're inside the FTP user interface (marked by the "ftp prompt"), you can request for a list of supported commands by entering the question mark symbol ?.
#WINDOWS TFTP CLIENT COMMAND LINE EXAMPLE PASSWORD#
Next, you'll be asked to enter that username's corresponding password (pwd). Type it in and then press the return key. Open Īfter pressing the return key, you should then be asked to enter your username on the FTP server. This means the system is ready to accept FTP commands. After pressing the Return key, you should see a prompt labeled ftp>. To start using FTP on the command prompt, launch a terminal screen and then type ftp. FTP Connection And Logging Into The Server
#WINDOWS TFTP CLIENT COMMAND LINE EXAMPLE WINDOWS#
However, the commands are the same whether you use Windows command-line, Solaris, OS X, UNIX, or any other operating system that supports FTP. The screenshots you'll be seeing here were taken from a Linux machine. This tutorial is for those who 1) understand the vulnerabilities of FTP but still want to learn how it's used AND 2) prefer doing things on the FTP command line.
