Most sites put all their public files in a directory pub , so your first command will frequently be cd pub . It will give you a list of available files in the current remote directory. Some systems have a file ls-lR available in the FTP startup directory. If you do not specify the second file parameter, the same name will be used on the local system. Filethere and filehere follow the naming convention of the remote and local operating systems.
Some ftp servers support a special directory incoming where everyone can put files.
With one command you can get a group of files. With one command you can put a group of files. Usually mget and mput have an option whether you want to be prompted or not before a file is transferred. Some systems also support lpwd, l ocal pwd. Userid and password are normally prompted for, but if you mistype userid or password you can continue with using the user or pass subcommand.