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From: parker@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Jeff Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Amiga FTPing
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Date: 22 Jun 91 05:18:50 GMT
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The orignal question was - 
>>>>3) Is there any way to look at the contents of a readme file without exiting
>>>>ftp?

And a few replies from Matt Ranney.
>ftp>!more readme
>ftp>get <filename> |more
>ftp>dir * |less

It is possible to tell ftp to save the file with a different name.

For example,

ftp>get readme readme.local

would save the readme as readme.local in ftp's current directory.  By
telling ftp to save the file as - (a dash) you are actually telling it
to print it to stdout.

For example,

ftp>get readme -

would transfer the file and print it to your screen.  Remember, if you
end up wanting a copy of it, you will have to transfer it again.

Jeff P.




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