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    File Transfer Using GNULinux or Unix

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    This document discusses several methods for transferring files between computers using Linux/Unix command line programs, including: 1. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for basic file transfers that are not encrypted. 2. SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) which performs encrypted file transfers similar to FTP. 3. SCP (Secure Copy) for single file transfers with encryption. 4. Wget for downloading files and entire websites from URLs. It also provides examples of commands for uploading and downloading files using these methods.

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    This document discusses several methods for transferring files between computers using Linux/Unix command line programs, including: 1. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for basic file transfers that are not encrypted. 2. SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) which performs encrypted file transfers similar to FTP. 3. SCP (Secure Copy) for single file transfers with encryption. 4. Wget for downloading files and entire websites from URLs. It also provides examples of commands for uploading and downloading files using these methods.

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    This document discusses several methods for transferring files between computers using Linux/Unix command line programs, including: 1. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for basic file transfers that are not encrypted. 2. SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) which performs encrypted file transfers similar to FTP. 3. SCP (Secure Copy) for single file transfers with encryption. 4. Wget for downloading files and entire websites from URLs. It also provides examples of commands for uploading and downloading files using these methods.

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    File Transfer Using GNULinux or Unix

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    This document discusses several methods for transferring files between computers using Linux/Unix command line programs, including: 1. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for basic file transfers that are not encrypted. 2. SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) which performs encrypted file transfers similar to FTP. 3. SCP (Secure Copy) for single file transfers with encryption. 4. Wget for downloading files and entire websites from URLs. It also provides examples of commands for uploading and downloading files using these methods.

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    file transfer using gnu/linux or unix

    there are many file transfer methods for both linux, unix and windows environments, but
    i am going to focus on the command line programs on the linux and unix platforms.
    windows users can use most of these if the command line programs are installed.
    if you need to transfer files between your computer and a remote computer foo.com here
    is what you should do..
    my computer remote computer (foo.com)
    current dir: /home/wolf/perl remote directory: /home/arul/backup
    file to upload to foo.com: wolf.pdf =>
    file to download from foo.com: arul.ps <=

    also check out my shell script to automate file transfer using ftp.

    ftp (file transfer protocol)


    this is mostly used to copy files between computers. it doesn't support compression. it is
    also not encrypted. this is how to transfer files.
    to connect to foo.com
    ftp foo.com
    you will have to enter your username and password when prompted.
    if the file being transferred is a binary file (yes, pdf and ps are binary files), type the
    following.
    binary
    to upload your file wolf.pdf to the directory in foo.com
    cd /home/arul/backup
    put wolf.pdf
    to download the file arul.ps from the directory in foo.com
    get arul.ps
    if you have multiple files, use mget instead of get and mput instead of put.

    to quit, type bye. this is just the basic file transfer using ftp. to check all the options using
    ftp, type man ftp from your shell prompt.

    sftp (secure file transfer protocol)


    sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp, which performs all operations
    over an encrypted secsh transport. if you are a windows user, you will need a secure file
    transfer program like winscp program.
    to connect to foo.com here is what you should do.
    sftp foo.com
    you will have to enter your username and password when prompted.
    to upload your file wolf.pdf to the directory in foo.com
    cd /home/arul/backup
    put wolf.pdf
    to download the file arul.ps from the directory in foo.com
    get arul.ps
    if you want to download multiple files, say all pdf files,
    get *.pdf
    to quit, type exit. this is just the basic sftp. to check all the options using sftp, type man
    sftp from your shell prompt.

    scp (secure copy)


    scp is used for single file transfers unlike sftp or ftp, where once connected, you can carry
    out any number of transfers.
    to upload the file wolf.pdf to the /home/arul/backup in the remote computer foo.com here
    is what you should do. lets say the username and password for connecting to foo.com are
    us3r and p4ssword respectively, read ahead.
    scp wolf.pdf us3r@foo.com:/home/arul/backup/
    you will be prompted for your password, which you should enter. it uploads the file and
    quits automatically.. all in one operation.
    to download the file arul.ps from the remote directory, here is what you must do.
    scp us3r@foo.com:/home/arul/backup/arul.ps
    if you want to upload the entire perl directory (recursively) here is what you do.
    scp -r /home/wolf/perl us3r@foo.com:/home/arul/backup/

    wget
    to download the index.html page of gnome.org, here is what you type.
    wget http://www.gnome.org/index.html
    ... and you have the index.html page on your current directory :)
    if you want to rip the website upto 3 levels,
    wget -r -l 3 http://www.gnome.org

    shell script to automate upload using ftp


    i wrote this simple shell script to automate upload and download of files.. just customise
    it according to your use.
    #!/bin/bash

    host='foo.com'
    user='us3r'
    passwd='p4ssword'

    ftp -i -n $host <<arul


    user ${user} ${passwd}

    binary
    cd /home/arul/backup
    put wolf.pdf
    get arul.ps

    quit
    arul

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