How to use an external file in a FTP file

Question

I have a FTP file to connect a FTP site.

ftp -i -sc:\PATH\batchFile.txt IP.IP.IP

This files call a second file file, which contains user name and pass.

Username
PAss

And I want to use this credentials for another file. How can I use an external command to use & reference that credential file for multiple FTP operations?

What "another file"? What do you mean by "external command"? — Martin Prikryl, Oct 17 '17 at 07:26
You didn't answer my questions. Maybe you should include some example of what you want to do. — Martin Prikryl, Oct 17 '17 at 09:19
I do not know what kind of example shall I give. But shortly, I just want to avoid typing same code or same syntax over and over again. Instead, I want to put those commands in a single file and call it whenever I want. — achilles41, Oct 18 '17 at 10:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '17 at 07:21

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Instead of using a username/password in a file , it is better to use ssh keys and the secure version of ftp based on ssh which is sftp

https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sftp&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html

If you are on windows, then I believe winscp also provides a scriptable sftp command line client https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting

answered Oct 17 '17 at 07:21

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While this is true, you cannot assume that the OP has an SFTP access. – Martin Prikryl Oct 17 '17 at 07:30

How to use an external file in a FTP file

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