colello@oxy.edu (Robert Scott Colello) (02/08/91)
Hi, 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!! Bob Colello colello@oxy.edu colello@cub.oxy.edu Thanks in advance
dslg0849@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel S. Lewart) (02/10/91)
colello@oxy.edu (Robert Scott Colello) writes: > Hi, > 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!! ftp> get remote-file - OR ftp> get remote-file |more OR ftp> get remote-file |less Daniel Lewart d-lewart@uiuc.edu
emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) (02/11/91)
i use (when the occasion warrants it) ftp> get file.Z "| zcat | less" note the quotes if there are embedded spaces in the command. --Ed
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (02/11/91)
In article <143291@tiger.oxy.edu> colello@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.
jeff@onion.rain.com (Jeff Beadles) (02/17/91)
If the file is a plain text file, then I usually just use: ftp> get filename /dev/tty -Jeff -- Jeff Beadles jeff@onion.rain.com
thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan) (02/18/91)
In article <1991Feb16.162116.8799@onion.rain.com> jeff@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@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]