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| == FileZilla Client 3.x Command-Line Arguments == | | == FileZilla Client Command-Line Arguments == |
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| support only the /h parameter (help) and --verbose option
| | === Synopsis === |
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| == FileZilla Client 2.x Command-Line Arguments ==
| | filezilla [<FTP URL>] |
| | | filezilla -s |
| FileZilla Client does support some basic command-line arguments, but it's primarily a GUI application and as such isn't meant to do scripting/automation. Some functionality is nevertheless available through the command-line.
| | filezilla -c <site> |
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| === Standard Synopsis ===
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| <ul>
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| <li>filezilla.exe <URL> [-du] <sourcefile> <targetdir> [-t] <targetname></li>
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| <li>filezilla.exe -s <name of site in Site Manager></li>
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| </ul>
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| === Description ===
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| <li>filezilla.exe [<protocol>://]<username>:<password>@<host>[:port]<br />
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| Used to connect to a host running a ftp server. The optional protocol can either be ftp://, sftp:// or ftps:// and defaults to ftp://. The port is optional. If it is ommited, the port defaults to 21 for ftp://, 22 for sftp:// and 990 for ftps://.
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| </li>
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| <li>filezilla.exe -s <name of site in Site Manager><br />
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| Used to connect to a host that is defined in the Site Manager of the program. The name of the site is case sensitive.
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| <li>filezilla.exe [-du] <sourcefile> <targetdir> [-t] <targetname><br />
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| Used to download (-d) or upload (-u) a file from/to the host.
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| === User Commands ===
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| The supported user commands are:
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| <li>URL<br />
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| You can specify an URL FileZilla connect to when started.
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| <li>-s <name of site in Site Manager><br />
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| Specifies an already defined site in the Site Manager that FileZilla tries to connect to when started.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| -d <sourcefile> <targetdir><br />
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| Downloads the specified file from the server into the target dir.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| -u <sourcefile> <targetdir><br />
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| Uploads the specified file into the target dir on the server. <sourcefile> has to be the full path of the file.
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| -t <targetname><br />
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| Only valid together with -u or -d: Specifies an alternate name for the target file. Must come directly after one of -u or -d.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| -quit <br />
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| Shuts down all running instances of FileZilla. Must be used solely; can't be combined with any of the other arguments.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| -i <br />
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| Imports a Site Manager .xml file.
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| Remarks:
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| You can not use -s as argument to either -u or -d. Both -u and -d expect a full hostname.
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| === Options === | | === Options === |
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| | *-s, --sitemanager |
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| -close <br /> | | Start with Site Manager opened. |
| Will close FileZilla after all transfers have finished.
| | May not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter. |
| </li>
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| <li>
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| -config <configfile> <br /> | |
| Loads the file specified as configuration for the program. If used it has to be the first argument to FileZilla.
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| -overwrite <br /> | |
| To set the fileexists action to overwrite.
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| </ul>
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| === Example (version 2.2.29) ===
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| <nowiki>filezilla.exe -s "Remote Site" -u "c:\ftp\TestFile.txt" ftp://ftp_user:ftp_password@ftp_host_ip/test_stuff -close</nowiki>
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| | *-c, --site |
| <li> | | <blockquote> |
| ...will connect to the site "Remote Site" (-s) defined in Site Manager and Upload (-u) the local file "c:\ftp\TestFile.txt" into remote folder "test_stuff"; when the transfer is complete, close FileZilla.</li>
| | Connect to the given site from the Site Manager. Site has to be given as complete path, with a slash as separation character. Any slash or backslash that is part of a segment has to be escaped with a backslash. |
| <li>FileZilla 2.2.29 command line transfer does not support Wildcards/Subdirectory specifications (i.e. \* or \*.*) will not work to transfer all folders/files; only single file transfers are allowed.</li>
| | Path has to be prefixed with 0 for user defined entries or 1 for default entries. |
| </ul>
| | Site path may not contain double quotation marks. |
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| === Example (version 2.2.29) ===
| | Example: 0/foo/bar/sl\/ash connects to the user site sl/ash in |
| <nowiki>c:\filezilla\filezilla.exe -u ".\filename.mpg" ftp://ftp_user:ftp_passwor@10.0.0.3:2002/test_stuff -close</nowiki>
| | the site directory foo/bar |
| | Start with Site Manager opened. |
| | May not be used together with -s nor with URL parameter. |
| | May not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter.---- |
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| | *--close ''(Windows only)'' |
| <li> | | <blockquote> |
| ...will connect to the ip 10.0.0.3 at port 2002 (note, we are not using a predefined Site) and Upload (-u) the local file "filename.mpg" from the current directory, into remote folder "test_stuff"; when the transfer is complete, close FileZilla.</li>
| | Closes all running instances of FileZilla. |
| </ul> | | </blockquote> |
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| === Example (version 2.2.30) === | | === Example === |
| <nowiki>filezilla.exe -close -overwrite -d ftp://ftp_user:ftp_password@ftp_host_ip/test_file.txt "c:\targetdirectory"</nowiki>
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| ...will connect to the site ftp_host_ip and Download (-d) server file 'test_file.txt' into local folder "targetdirectory"; when the transfer is complete, close FileZilla and if the file already exists overwrite it automatically.
| | If you want to connect from the command-line to the site named '''Backup server''' in the directory '''foo/bar''', the command is: |
| | filezilla -c "0/foo\/bar/Backup server" |
