ftpcp

ftpcp

ftpcp is a command line utility that allows you to copy files between two locations.

With ftpcp, you can copy a files

• From your local system to a remote system.
• From a remote system to your local system.
• Between two remote systems from your local system.

Installation

Either through cloning with git or by using npm (the recommended way):

npm install -g ftpcp

And nodemon will be installed globally to your system path.

If you don't want to install this package globally use npx to use this package

npx ftpcp <src> <dest>

Usage

$ftpcp --help
Usage: ftpcp [options] <Source FTP/SFTP> <Dest FTP/SFTP>

Options:
  -V, --version           output the version number
  -i, --includes <items>  the List files which you want to include
  -e, --excludes <items>  the List files which you want to exclude
  -h, --help              output usage information

It'll transfter all files from source server to destination server

src/dest >> <ftp/sftp>://<username>:<password>@<Host>:<Port><DirPath>

Eg.

1. Copy files from remote ftp server to your local dir path

ftpcp ftp://user:password@localhost:21/path/to/dir /usr/local/dir/

1. Copy files from your local dir to remote server dir

ftpcp /usr/local/dir/ ftp://user:password@localhost:21/path/to/dir

1. Copy files from one FTP remote to another SFTP remote server and viceversa.

   ftpcp ftp://user:password@remote1:21/path/to/dir sftp://user:password@remote2:22/path/to/dir

   ftpcp sftp://user:password@remote1:22/path/to/dir ftp://user:password@remote1:21/path/to/dir

2. Include and exclude some files

ftpcp --includes *.csv,*.jpg --excludes *.zip <SRC> <DEST>