Answer

When attempting to either get or put a file via a Linux FTP process, you can display progress of the file transfer by entering a hash or tick prior to issuing the get/put.

Using hash, a '#' is returned to the screen for every 1024K transferred. This may be less desirable since you may get many screens full of '#' characters. For example:

ftp> bin
200 Type set to I.
ftp> hash
Hash mark printing On ftp: (2048 bytes/hash mark) .
ftp> get setup.exe
200 PORT Command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for setup.exe (32860506 Bytes).
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Using tick, you are presented with an 'odometer' displaying the number of bytes transferred. For example, you may see output similar to:

ftp> bin
200 Type set to I.
ftp> tick
Tick counter printing on (10240 bytes/tick increment).
ftp> get setup.exe
local: setup.exe remote: setup.exe
227 Entering Passive Mode (172,16,99,5,151,87)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for setup.exe (32860506 Bytes).
Bytes transferred: 9074088