ftp command ?



yesterday i was given an ftp command to use on unix solaris and it was very straight forward and that's probably why i don't remember it, i only remember convoluded things apparently!

but it was something as simple as this:

ftp xyz_abc.com

but that's apparently not it, does anyone know what the command should be?

oh an i also tried ftp ftp.xyz_abc.com and


ftp://xyz_abc.com and about 10 other permutations

thanks for any insights and next time i'm writing everything down immediatlely!