I know there is an FTP command which can be run from command line on Windows, and it downloads a file from an FTP site. User + password are specified in "that" one-line cmd. These options + password passtrough should be on that command line.
echo open 192.168.1.64 21> ftp.txt
echo anonymous>> ftp.txt
echo >> ftp.txt
echo bin >> ftp.txt
echo get test.txt >> ftp.txt
echo bye >> ftp.txt
ftp -s:ftp.txt5 Answers
Try this: Batch files - Unattended FTP downloads
WGET ftp://for anonymous downloads
or:
WGET ftp://user:password@when authentication is required.
As @XavierStuvw pointed out via edits and comments, swapping WGET to a lowercase wget would work in linux.
wget ftp://user:password@I found the way:
echo open 192.168.0.1 >> ftp &echo user admin w00t >> ftp &echo binary >> ftp &echo get file.zip >> ftp &echo bye >> ftp &ftp -n -v -s:ftp &del ftpNote that you can ask for the syntax of a command in DOS by using the /? switch. For example:
C:\>ftp /? Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server service (sometimes called a daemon). Ftp can be used interactively. FTP [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [-s:filename] [-a] [-A] [-x:sendbuffer] [-r:recvbuf fer] [-b:asyncbuffers] [-w:windowsize] [host] -v Suppresses display of remote server responses. -n Suppresses auto-login upon initial connection. -i Turns off interactive prompting during multiple file transfers. -d Enables debugging. -g Disables filename globbing (see GLOB command). -s:filename Specifies a text file containing FTP commands; the commands will automatically run after FTP starts. -a Use any local interface when binding data connection. -A login as anonymous. -x:send sockbuf Overrides the default SO_SNDBUF size of 8192. -r:recv sockbuf Overrides the default SO_RCVBUF size of 8192. -b:async count Overrides the default async count of 3 -w:windowsize Overrides the default transfer buffer size of 65535. host Specifies the host name or IP address of the remote host to connect to. Notes: - mget and mput commands take y/n/q for yes/no/quit. - Use Control-C to abort commands.
In your case, you'll want to use the -s switch to feed it a script, including the login responses.
For example:
Create a script file (c:\scriptfile.txt) with the following contents:
open servername_or_ip username password get /fullpath/thefile.txt c:\fullpath\thefile.txt quitexecute ftp with the -s switch and specify the script filename
C:\>ftp -s:c:\scriptfile.txt
Here is another solution of how to download all files from a remote server folder to your local folder, using the command line and winscp scripting:
Download and install WinSCP:
Create a batch file e.g. "ftp-automate.bat" in a custom folder of your choice (e.g. "C:\customfolder").
Edit the batch file "ftp-automate.bat" and add this content:
@echo off
echo Starting WinSCP
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.com" /script="C:\customfolder\winscp-script.txt"
echo WinSCP finished- Create the file "winscp-script.txt" in "C:\customfolder\winscp-script.txt" and add this content:
# Connect to SFTP server
open sftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOSTORIP
# Download remote to local folder
get /var/lib/myfolderofinterest/* C:\mylocalfolder\
# optional: Remove remote files (remove #)
# rm /var/lib/myfolderofinterest/*
# Exit WINSCP
exitOf course, you have to replace USERNAME with your FTP username, PASSWORD with your FTP password and HOSTORIP with your domain (ftp.mydomain.com) or IP address (12.34.56.78).
Security Note: Make sure the above script file on your PC is safe because it contains the credentials (password) to your server!
Tip: You might want to use Windows Task Scheduler (Action > Create Basic Task) to run the batch file once a day.
Try curl, it is powerful and presents out of the box (win10).
curl --user ftpusername:ftpuserpass -o outputdirname\test.txt ftp://host/test.txt
