How to install lftp on FreeBSD using the CLI

To install lftp on FreeBSD using the command line interface (CLI), follow these steps:

1. Update the package manager's package list:

pkg update

2. Install lftp by running the following command:

pkg install lftp

This will install lftp and any dependencies it requires.

Once the installation is complete, you can use lftp by running the lftp command in the terminal. For example, to connect to an FTP server and list the contents of the root directory, you can run the following command:

lftp ftp.example.com -u username,password
ls

Replace ftp.example.com with the hostname of the FTP server you want to connect to, and username and password with your login credentials.

lftp has a number of different commands for transferring files, managing directories, and more. You can view the full list of available commands by running help within lftp.