You need to use a DNS lookup on the link to figure out the IP address.

Here’s what you type into the terminal prompt:

dig domain.name

Easy as that.
On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:33 PM, Daniela Rubio <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello 
> Please, can somebody give a hand to start an FTP by terminal? I have some 
> instructions, but it says that I need to wright the FTP’s IP address and the 
> only thing I have is an FTP link, the address that one uses as a host on an 
> FTP client.
> Thank you very much for your help!
> Best
> Daniela Rubio T
> iPhone: +34662328507
> 
> 
> 
> El 21/01/2014, a las 16:31, Tim Emmons <[email protected]> escribió:
> 
>> Hi guys, got a question. I haven't had any great luck with any of the free 
>> Ftp clients as of yet, filezilla doesn't seem tow irk or maybe I'm missing 
>> something on the setup, not sure, cyberduck might work but I can't seem to 
>> get the download to work, but I am able to get into ftp using terminal. Once 
>> I've established a connection, got to a main directory say for instance 
>> books, and then the directory is divided into letters of the alphabet 
>> showing the author's first name, how do I first navigate to that directory 
>> list, and then how do I get a book from that author's particular listing. I 
>> am sort of new, but I like the terminal approach but just trying to learn. 
>> Thanks for any help. take care and talk to you soon. 
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