Apple has removed the option to enable FTP services in OS X 10.7 "Lion," but despite this there are ways to establish FTP connections to OS X systems. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid ...

Chris Kemberling writes of an apparent problem with OS X Server 10.1 and sending text files via FTP: "Plain text files being sent to the server are now appearing with additional carriage returns and ...

it might not live up to your demands, especially not since it's CLI, but ncftp(3) is my personal favorite among ftp clients.