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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Remote "cat" during ftp connection
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Date: 16 Nov 89 13:51:17 GMT
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In article <4579@jjmhome.UUCP> km3t@jjmhome.UUCP (Dave Pascoe KM3T) writes:
> Is it possible to list text files during an ftp connection?

	Many ftp clients allow you to use "-" as a local filename to mean
standard input or output, as appropriate.  Thus "get remote -" prints the
remote file on your terminal.
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