Python

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-python-programming/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4696413/ftp-retrbinary-help-python
http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Python/0420__Network/FTPDownloadExample.htm
https://pythonspot.com/ftp-client-in-python/ This looks good for downloading multiple files.
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