What's the command for logging in with FTP all with one line?
ftp username:says:
4Password required for username:password
4 Answers
ftp -nv yourftpserver.comthen user your_usernameor user anonymous
I posted this answer since ftp ftp://username: did not work for me.
Usage: { ftp | pftp } [-46pinegvtd] [hostname] -4: use IPv4 addresses only -6: use IPv6, nothing else -p: enable passive mode (default for pftp) -i: turn off prompting during mget -n: inhibit auto-login -e: disable readline support, if present -g: disable filename globbing -v: verbose mode -t: enable packet tracing [nonfunctional] -d: enable debuggingThe best option is to use a .netrc along with something like gpg for security purposes.
I've written a general purpose script for this, which I may upload later, but it boils down to:
gpg -c .netrcor optionally with a passphrase on the commandline and an output destination:
gpg --passphrase <secretphrase> -o .netrc.gpg -c .netrcNot shown here, but you could additionally use asymmetric keys (if you have them setup) with gpg to make this even more secure.
Then when you are ready to login
gpg .netrc.gpg
# or
gpg --passphrase <secretphrase> -o .netrc .netrc.gpg
ftp yourservername
rm .netrcAn example .netrc:
machine google.com
login <username>
password <secretpassword>I actually keep a local hash and the original copy of these files on a different computer than the one I that I use the .netrc files on, and verify the hash of the .netrc and the script that I run, but that is above and beyond the OP's original question.
3You can try
my_ftp() { ftp -i -n <<EOF open $HOST user "$USER" "$PASS" $@
EOF
}which you then can call with my_ftp $'ls subfolder\nanothercommand'
This solution is not interactive but the best I could figure out
edit: You are probably best off to just use curl instead.
Use netrc. It is better than giving the password away on the command line.
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