Essential FTP commands

ftp url.dom 		# opens the ftp connection
cd folder		# change-directory to folder
dir (ls -l)		# list contents
pwd			# tells present-working-directory
prompt			# turns on/off interactive mode
get thisfile		# gets thisfile in pwd
mget these*files.t?z 	# gets files matching these*files.t?z
put thisfile		# prompts to upload local file
mput these*files.t?z	# prompts to upload multiple local files