Example of simple bash script ftp client

This script first defines variables such as hostname of the ftp server, username and password and then it creates an ftp session and uploads the specified file into your selected directory:

#!/bin/bash ftp_site=127.0.0.1 username=ftpuser passwd=pass PS3='Select a destination directory: ' # bash select select path in "." "/test" "public_html/myblog/" "backup/images/" do ftp -n $ftp_site<<EOF quote USER $username quote PASS $passwd binary cd $path put $1 quit EOF break done

Be sure to edit the ftp_site, username, and passwd variables above. You should also change the paths to whichever directories you most commonly upload your files to.

Executing the script:

$ chmod +x ftp_bash_script.sh $ ./ftp_bash_script.sh file1

Example script output:

$ ./ftp_bash_script.sh somerandomfile 1) . 2) /test 3) public_html/myblog/ 4) backup/images/ Select a destination directory: 2 Connected to 127.0.0.1. 220 (vsFTPd 3.0.5) 331 Please specify the password. 230 Login successful. 200 Switching to Binary mode. 250 Directory successfully changed. local: somerandomfile remote: somerandomfile 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||10078|) 150 Ok to send data. 0 0.00 KiB/s 226 Transfer complete. 221 Goodbye.