Command-line arguments (Client)

These are the command-line arguments for FileZilla Client. The Server command-line arguments can be found under Command-line arguments (Server).

FileZilla Client command-line arguments

Synopsis

filezilla [<FTP URL>]
filezilla -s
filezilla -c <site>

Options

• <FTP URL>

Accepts all URLs of the form

[protocol://][user[:pass]@]host[:port][/path]
eg.  sftp://username:password@server:port

Valid protocols are ftp:// (the default if ommitted), ftps://, ftpes:// and sftp://

• -s, --sitemanager

Start with Site Manager opened. May not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter.

• -c, --site

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. Path has to be prefixed with 0 for user defined entries or 1 for default entries. Site path may not contain double quotation marks.

Example: 0/foo/bar/sl\/ash connects to the user site sl/ash in 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.----

• --close (Windows only)

Closes all running instances of FileZilla.

Example

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"