Command-line arguments

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[edit] FileZilla Client Command-Line Arguments

[edit] Synopsis

filezilla [<FTP URL>]
filezilla -s
filezilla -c <site>

[edit] Options

  • <FTP URL>
Accepts all URLs of the form
[protocol://][user[:pass]@]host[:port][/path]

Valid protocols are ftp:// (the default if ommitted), ftps://, ftpes:// and sftp://

  • -s, --sitemanager
Start with Site Manager opened. May not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter.
  • -c, --site
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: 0/foo/bar/sl\/ash connects to the user site sl/ash in the site directory foo/bar Start with Site Manager opened. May not be used together with -s nor with URL parameter. May not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter.----
  • --close (Windows only)
Closes all running instances of FileZilla.

[edit] Example

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If you want to connect from the command-line to the site named Backup server in the directory foo/bar, the command is:

filezilla -c "0/foo\/bar/Backup server"
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