How to transfer files with FileZilla from command line (CLI)?

FileZilla is a free, fast, open source, cross-platform FTP/SFTP client that allows you to transfer files between Web sites and PCs. It also supports for command line interface(CLI). If you have many files and want to upload then to a ftp server from command line in batch, these are the command-line arguments for FileZilla Client.

FileZilla command line usage

filezilla [-h] [-s] [-c "str"]
  [l "str"] [--close] [--verbose]
  [-v] [FTP URL]

FileZilla command line parameters

• -h, --help

Shows the help information.

• -s, --site-manager

Start with opened Site Manager

• -c, --site="str"

Connect to specified Site Manager site. Site name requirements:

• 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:

filezilla --site="0/ftp/freshshare/sl\/ash"

Connects to the user site "sl/ash" in the site directory "ftp/freshshare"

• -l, --logontype=(ask|interactive)

Logon type, can only be used together with FTP URL. Argument has to be either 'ask' or 'interactive'.

• --close (Windows only)

Closes all running instances of FileZilla.

• --verbose

Verbose log messages from wxWidgets.

• -v, --version

Print version information to stdout and exit.

• 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 omitted), ftps://, ftpes:// and sftp://

Other resources about FileZilla

• How to transfer files with FileZilla from command line? - FileZilla is free, open source, cross-platform FTP software. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS).
• Free download FileZilla, the free, open-source FTP client - Download FileZilla client at FreshShare.
• Command-line arguments for FileZilla client
• Command-line arguments for FileZilla server
• Wikipedia: Command-line interface - A command-line interface (CLI) is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks.

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