How to view files from FTP.

Doug Gwyn gwyn at smoke.brl.mil
Mon Feb 11 20:06:36 AEST 1991


In article <143291 at tiger.oxy.edu> colello at oxy.edu (Robert Scott Colello) writes:
>  I just got an account on a NeXT system with Unix.  How can I view files
>before I download them to the NeXT via FTP.  Is there any sort of "cat"
>command for FTP.  Help!!

No, because to get the file to you for viewing already constitutes a
download of the file.  Most FTPable files are not text files anyway.
For those that are, how about opening a second window and peek at them
while they're in the process of downloading.



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