USER (Send Your User ID to the Remote System)

FTP client subcommand

User userid [password]

userid
Your logon name on the remote system.
password
Your password on the remote system. Specifying your password is optional. If you do not supply your password when calling the USER subcommand, you receive a prompt to do so if the remote system requires a logon password.
Parent topic: File Transfer Protocol client subcommands
Related reference
File Transfer Protocol client syntax conventions