Would you like to learn how to download files from an FTP server using Python? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Python to download files from an FTP server on a computer running Linux.
• Ubuntu 20
• Ubuntu 19
• Ubuntu 18
• Python 3.8.5
• Python 2.7.18
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Tutorial Python 3 – Download file from FTP server
List the remote files from the FTP server using Powershell.
Here is the command output.
Download a file from the FTP server using Python.
In our example, we downloaded an application named FIREFOXINSTALLER.
In our example, we saved the download inside the TMP directory.
In our example, we used the binary mode.
Access the directory and verify if the file was downloaded correctly.
Here is the command output.
Optionally, download a file from the FTP server.
Congratulations! You are able to download files from the FTP server using Python 3.
Tutorial Python 2 – Download file from FTP server
Download a file from the FTP server using Python 2.
Congratulations! You are able to download files from the FTP server using Python 2.
