| .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) |