Wput is a powerful command-line utility, acting as a “wget-like” FTP uploader. It allows you to transfer files from your local machine to a remote FTP server, featuring robust capabilities such as resumable uploads, recursive directory uploads, and automatic file handling.
Here is a complete guide to using wput via the command line, based on its man page documentation. 1. Installation Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: sudo apt-get install wput macOS (via Homebrew): brew install wput Fedora/RHEL/CentOS: sudo dnf install wput 2. Basic Usage (Uploading a Single File)
The basic syntax is wput [options] [file] [ftp://URL].It is recommended to list the file before the URL.
wput /path/to/local/file.txt ftp://user:password@://hostname.com Use code with caution.
Example: wput document.pdf ftp://user:password@://example.com 3. Key wput Features and Options A. Uploading Entire Directories Use the -r (recursive) flag to upload directories. wput -r /local/folder/ ftp://user:password@://example.com Use code with caution. B. Continuing Interrupted Uploads
If an upload was interrupted, wput can resume it using the -c flag. wput -c largefile.zip ftp://user:password@://example.com Use code with caution. C. Running in the Background
Use the -b flag to send wput to the background immediately, generating a wput.log file. wput -b localfile.tar.gz ftp://user:password@://example.com Use code with caution. D. Using Input Files (Batch Uploads)
You can create a text file containing a list of files and URLs to upload, then call it with -i. wput -i filelist.txt Use code with caution.
Filelist format: localfile.txt ftp://user:password@host/folder/ E. Uploading Multiple Files You can use wildcards to upload multiple files at once. wput.txt ftp://user:password@://example.com Use code with caution. 4. Advanced Options
-l, –logfile=file: Log output to a specific file instead of wput.log.
-R, –remove-local-files: Remove local files after a successful upload.
–input-pipe: Allows reading from a command output, useful for piping specific lists of files. 5. Common Scenarios
Uploading to a specific directory structure: wput tries to guess the local file’s location. If you specify wput ftp://host/dir/file, it looks for file, ./dir/file, ./path/file, or ./file.
Avoiding infinite loops with find: When using find to feed files to wput, ensure you don’t list directories, or wput may upload the same file multiple times.
Pro Tip: If your password contains special characters, ensure you URL-encode them (e.g., replace @ with %40). If you’d like, I can provide: Specific commands for setting up resumable backups. Troubleshooting steps for common FTP errors. Comparison to similar tools like lftp or ncftp. Let me know how you’d like to narrow down the options. wput(1): wget-like ftp-uploader – Linux man page
Wput uses the last known URL for each of the files. Wput will look out for /directory/path/file. Linux die.net Manpage of wput(1)
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