How to view files from FTP.

[Thaddeus P. Floryan]

In article <1991Feb16.162116.8799 at onion.rain.com> jeff at onion.rain.com (Jeff Beadles) writes:
>
>If the file is a plain text file, then I usually just use:
>ftp> get filename /dev/tty

Actually, the following is more (no pun!) convenient, esp. to prevent
scrolling off the top of one's screen:

ftp> get file |pager
              ^^
NOTE: no spaces between "|" and "pager", and "pager" should be the name of
the viewer you wish to use (i.e. less, more, pg, whatever).  This trick also
is convenient for dir listings per:

ftp> ls -lR |pager

Thad Floryan [ thad at btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]