telnet and ftp missing in High Sierra - ideas/suggestions?

[Joshua Root]

Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> I can see ditching the telnet server, but the client remains useful for debugging various protocols

For this purpose you're better off using ncat, which is included with nmap.

> Likewise, there remain times a command-line ftp client is useful.
> 
> I see some of what look like command-line ftp client(s) in MacPorts.  Is there a particular one people would recommend as the least surprising replacement for the removed ftp client?

There's inetutils as Marius mentioned, but ncftp is quite good as well.

- Josh