#!/bin/bash

#var Hostname
HOST='localhost'

#var Username
USER='root'

#Path to data on FTP
FTPPATH=/var/ftp/

#Path to local .txt files
FILEPATH=/var/textfiles/*.txt

#Connect to FTP via SecureFTP (SSH needed) and upload files from FILEPATH to FTPPATH
sftp -b - ${USER}@${HOST} << EOFFTP
put $FILEPATH $FTPPATH
quit
EOFFTP