command=`ftp -n $FTP_HOST <<END_SCRIPT
user $FTP_USER $FTP_PASSWD 
lcd $TEMPFOLDER
cd $FTP_LOCATION
put $FILE
bye 
END_SCRIPT`
result="$command"
echo "result is $result"

if [ -z $result ] ; then
      echo "successfully FTPed the file"
   else
      echo "Failed to FTP the report file"
fi

}

ftp -nvi ipaddress <<EOF >logfile.txt
user username password
lcd /local directory path
cd /Remote directory path
put filename
bye
EOF
#pls confirm the success code is 226 if file ftped
x=`grep -o 226 logfile.txt`
if [ "$x" -eq 226 ]
 then
echo "successful"
else
echo "failed"
fi