How to use linux command line ftp with a @ sign in my username?

Question

How can I run this on linux command line when my username has an @ sign in the middle?

ftp -u user:password@host/destination_folder/ sourcefile.txt

My username is "[email protected]" and it thinks my host is "domain.com".

I am stuck and cannot google my way out. Any help greatly appreciated.

NOTE: This is an unattended upload, so I can't just type in the username and password.

Answer 1

Try define the account in a .netrc file. Check "man netrc" for details.

Answer 2

Do the unattended upload with curl instead of ftp:

curl -u user:password -T file ftp://server/dir/file