Using FTP from the command line

[Niels Andersen]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am getting more comfortable on the command line and I use FTP there
> often. However, I have one issue with it: How can one browse the local
> filesystem while in FTP mode? All I could find is lcd, for 'local cd'.
> But how can I 'ls' and 'pwd' on the _local_ box while I am in FTP
> mode? Note that I cannot use a graphical FTP client for this project,
> as the machine has no X. Thanks.
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
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Prefix your local commands with an exclamation mark (!) so they will be
passed to the local shell.

Niels Andersen
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