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@@ -20,3 +20,45 @@ The pipeline can be started like this:
 ```bash
 ./node_modules/.bin/barnard59 run --format=text/turtle --pipeline=http://example.org/pipeline#pipeline --verbose examples/list.ttl
 ```
+
+## Operations
+
+This package provides operations to make single requests to an FTP server. The
+following options are common to all the operations.
+
+Common options:
+- `protocol` (*string*): "ftp" (default) or "sftp"
+- `host` (*string*): Hostname or IP address of the server (default "localhost")
+- `port` (*integer*): Port number of the server (default 21 for FTP, 22 for SFTP)
+- `user` (*string*): Username for authentication
+- `password` (*string*): Password for password-based authentication
+- `privateKey` (*mixed*): (SFTP-only) Buffer or string that contains a private
+  key for either key-based or hostbased user authentication (OpenSSH format).
+- `passphrase` (*string*): (SFTP-only) For an encrypted private key, this is
+  the passphrase used to decrypt it.
+
+### list
+
+List files in a given remote directory. Returns a stream of file names.
+
+Options:
+- `pathname` (*string*): Path of the directory to list
+- All the common options defined above
+
+### read
+
+Read the content of a remote file at a given path. Returns a stream of
+string data.
+
+Options:
+- `filename` (*string*): Path of the file to read
+- All the common options defined above
+
+### move
+
+Move a remote file from one path to another.
+
+Options:
+- `source` (*string*): Source path
+- `target` (*string*): Target path
+- All the common options defined above