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filezilla(1) FileZilla Manual filezilla(1)

NAME

FileZilla - FTP client

SYNOPSIS

filezilla
filezilla [-l <logontype>] <FTP URL>
filezilla -h|-s|-v
filezilla -c <site>
filezilla -a <path>

DESCRIPTION

FileZilla is a powerful client for plain FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).

OPTIONS

Connect to the given site from the Site Manager. 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 -c 0/foo/bar/sl\/ash connects to the user site sl/ash in the site directory foo/bar
May not be used together with -s nor with URL parameter.

Sets the local site to the given path.
Example: filezilla -a "/foo bar/"

Displays a help dialog listing these commandline options.

Set a special logontype, can only be used in combination with a FTP URL as argument.

Logontype has to be either ask or interactive. If -l isn't given, the normal logontype is used.

Start with Site Manager opened. May not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter.

Display version number of FileZilla.

ENVIRONMENT

The FZ_DATADIR environment variable can be used to specify the directory containing FileZilla's data files.

SUPPORT

Please visit https://filezilla-project.org/ for further information. Report bugs only if you are using the latest version available from the FileZilla website.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tim Kosse

FileZilla is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.

SEE ALSO

fzdefaults.xml(5)

January 2018