FTP via terminal

Ok, I got Apache working, but now I am tryin to transfer all of my windows web files to Linux via FTP as I can not get Samba working. I aslo tried to download them using http, but that just hung up system. I can connect using a browser, but I can't download, so I am trying to use a terminal. I do not know the commands at all to download, and the help command is NO HELP.
Any advice is welcome.

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