FTP Connection and file transfer through putty

can we use psftp to download, upload, list ...etc from ftp account. as it always gives me connection time out when trying to connect using connection batch like..

"c:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\psftp" -v -l [USER]-pw [Password]-P 21 [HOST] -b %1

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PSFTP is not a FTP client, it is a SFTP client. SFTP and FTP are not the same thing. SFTP typically uses port 22 and is completely different than FTP.

Here is an article that provides some information on the differences between FTP and SFTP (and FTPS).

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