Shell Programming and Scripting

LOCALBASE=/data/backups
SERVER=10.2.37.70
USER=test
PASSWD=test
INPUT=/data/backups/today.txt
FILETYPE=binary

## ftp put doesn't create directories by itself so
## we check for missing remote dirs, and create them

## upload the files
for ITEM in $(cat $INPUT); do
        FILE=$(basename $ITEM)
        ## ftp starts here
        ftp -v -n $SERVER <<END_OF_SESSION
        user $USER $PASSW
        $FILETYPE
        lcd $LOCALDIR
        cd $REMOTEDIR
        put $FILE
        bye
END_OF_SESSION
done

#!/bin/bash

wput -qq /source/path/of file/to upload/xyz.txt ftp://ftp_user:ftp_pass@host/path/to/remote/directory/