How do you copy files from remote system using FTP?

Firstly, change the directory on the local system to the required path in which the file is to be copied.

$ cd <dir name> Establish ftp connection. $ ftp <remote system name> Now, move to the source directory. ftp> cd < source directory> Make sure that the user has read access rights for the source files. ftp> ls –l Set the type to binary format. ftp> binary To copy a single, multiple files, use get, mget respectively. ftp> get <file name> ftp>mget <filename1> <filename2>……<filename?> Terminate the ftp connection. ftp> bye