curl ftp://ftp.com/mp3/* --user login:password -o /myfolder/*

curl ftp://ftp.com/mp3/mymusic.zip --user login:password -o mymusic.zip

scp -r login@myserverip:/remote/directory/path/ mylocaldirectory

mkdir ~/Desktop/image-dump-myserver
ftp ftp://myuser@myserver.com
# enter password

# You're now in the ftp console (where the world is still okay)

# Set the local folder
lcd ~/Desktop/image-dump-myserver

# cd into the desired folder (`ls`, `pwd` etc. all work here)
cd /httpdocs/images

# Toggle the interactive mode
prompt

# Download the desired files (all the images in my case)
mget *.jpg

local: image1433509292_1582.jpg remote: image1433509292_1582.jpg
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||50001|)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for image1433509292_1582.jpg (63626 bytes)
100% |***********************************| 63626        1.51 MiB/s    00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete
63626 bytes received in 00:00 (0.98 MiB/s)

local: image1427279963_0841.jpg remote: image1427279963_0841.jpg
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||50053|)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for image1427279963_0841.jpg (67194 bytes)
100% |***********************************| 67194        1.64 MiB/s    00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete
67194 bytes received in 00:00 (1.04 MiB/s)

local: image1439798493_1783.jpg remote: image1439798493_1783.jpg
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||50357|)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for image1439798493_1783.jpg (48876 bytes)
100% |***********************************| 48876        1.80 MiB/s    00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete
48876 bytes received in 00:00 (996.81 KiB/s)
....

ftp

ftp>

ftp> open xx.xxx.xxx.xx

Name:(your ftp server): your_username

Password:  your_password

ftp> get filename