Command line option to download file in FileZilla

Question

I am using FileZilla (GUI) to download files from an FTP server. Can any one tell me a command line argument to download file from FTP server to local file system?

Answer 1

FileZilla does support some basic command line options for the upload and download of files. Not all options are documented. You can download a file with the option "-d sourcefile targetdir"

Example (download):

filezilla.exe -d ftp://user:pass@ftp.myserver.com/folder/* "c:\downloads\" ​ /overwrite /close 

Example (upload):

filezilla.exe -u "c:\temp\samplefile.exe" ​ftp://user:pass@ftp.myserver.com/folder /overwrite /close 

/close -- will close the GUI after the download/upload completes

/overwrite -- will overwrite the files in target without prompting the user

You can also connect to a site from the site manager e.g. --site="0/site1".

Below are reference sites with further examples including download links to FileZilla versions (2.32 / 3.1) that supported the feature.

FAQ Link

FileZilla Download link