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From: mjr@uther.calvin.edu (Matt Ranney)
Subject: Re: Amiga FTPing
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 91 12:59:01 GMT
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References: <1991Jun19.230107.5607@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <1991Jun21.034454.1142@ucselx.sdsu.edu> <1991Jun21.062410.1540@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) writes:

>In article <1991Jun21.034454.1142@ucselx.sdsu.edu> civir1070@ucsvax.sdsu.edu writes:
>>In article <1991Jun19.230107.5607@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, ii9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes...
>>>Hello, I'm new to FTPing and have a few questions:
>>> 
>>>3) Is there any way to look at the contents of a readme file without exiting
>>>ftp?
>>
>>Don't think so.  If there is LET ME KNOW!!!

Sure there is.  A couple, actually.  You can always precede any
command fromthe ftp>  prompt with a !  and it will start up a new
shell and execute that command inside it.   Like...

ftp>!more readme

But you have to get the file down first.  The way I usually do it is:

ftp>get <filename> |more

Or use less if your system has it, that way you can back up if you
need to.  This also works for directories:

ftp>dir * |less

Hope this helped.
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Matt Ranney
mjr@uther.calvin.edu