| .TH DIAL 1 |
| .SH NAME |
| dial \- connect to a remote service |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B dial |
| [ |
| .B -e |
| ] |
| .I addr |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .I Dial |
| connects to the network address |
| .I addr |
| (see |
| .IR dial (3)) |
| and then copies data from the connection to standard output, |
| and from standard input to the connection. |
| .PP |
| By default, |
| .I dial |
| exits when end of file is reached on standard input or on the network connection. |
| The |
| .B -e |
| flag causes |
| .I dial |
| to exit only in response to end of file on the network connection. |
| .SH SOURCE |
| .B \*9/src/cmd/dial.c |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .IR dial (3) |
