Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!krol
From: krol@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Krol)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Remote "cat" during ftp connection
Message-ID: <1989Nov16.113903.10103@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 89 11:39:03 GMT
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km3t@jjmhome.UUCP (Dave Pascoe KM3T) writes:

>Is it possible to list text files during an ftp connection?  I had heard
>of sending remote commands (e.g., cat) while in ftp but don't know for sure.
>If it's possible, what is the syntax for sending remote commands?

Yes the easiest way is to do a 'get foo -' where foo is the filename
which is copied to standard output.  (This is I believe only a unixism)