filezilla(1)

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💖 FileZilla — the file transfer bestie 💖

okay so like. bestie. this is the manual page for filezilla(1), living in the FileZilla Manual. it's the FTP client that just gets you. let's go. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

FileZilla — FTP client 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

filezilla
filezilla [-l <logontype>] <FTP URL>
filezilla -h|-s|-v
filezilla -c <site>
filezilla -a <path>

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

FileZilla is a powerful client, periodt. she handles plain FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (aka FTPS), and the SSH File Transfer Protocol (aka SFTP). three protocols, one icon. no cap. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -c <site>, --site <site> — connects you to the given site from the Site Manager. the way this works: site has to be given as a complete path, with a slash as the separation character. any slash or backslash that's actually part of a segment has to be escaped with a backslash. and the path has to be prefixed with 0 for user defined entries or 1 for default entries. also — site path may not contain double quotation marks, so don't even try it. 🙈

example:

filezilla -c 0/foo/bar/sl\/ash

this connects to the user site sl/ash in the site directory foo/bar. 🫶

lowkey important: this may not be used together with -s nor with URL parameter. pick a lane bestie.
  • -a <path>, --local <path> — sets the local site to the given path.

example:

filezilla -a "/foo bar/"
  • -h, --help — pops open a help dialog listing these commandline options. the "wait what do i type" rescue button. 💖
  • -l <logontype>, --logontype <logontype> — sets a special logontype. can only be used in combination with an FTP URL as argument.

logontype has to be either ask or interactive. if -l isn't given, the normal logontype is used. no drama. 🌈

  • -s, --sitemanager — starts with the Site Manager already opened. main character energy.
may not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter. literally cannot stress this enough.
  • -v, --version — displays the version number of FileZilla. quick vibe check on what you're running. ⭐

💜 ENVIRONMENT 💜

the FZ_DATADIR environment variable can be used to specify the directory containing FileZilla's data files. yes she has a data folder, and yes you can tell her where it lives. 🍓

🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

please visit https://filezilla-project.org/ for further information.

report bugs only if you are using the latest version available from the FileZilla website. i'm begging. latest version only. bestie please. 😭

Copyright (C) 2004-2026 Tim Kosse

FileZilla is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. iconic licensing behavior, honestly. 📜✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

aaaand that's the whole page, slay. this manual comes to you from the March 2026 era, out of the FileZilla Manual, and it's the filezilla(1) page. mwah. 💅💖 bye bestie, go transfer some files responsibly! 🧚✨

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