1 .TH DIAL 1
2 .SH NAME
3 dial \- connect to a remote service
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B dial
6 [
7 .B -e
8 ]
9 .I addr
10 .SH DESCRIPTION
11 .I Dial
12 connects to the network address
13 .I addr
14 (see
15 .MR dial (3) )
16 and then copies data from the connection to standard output,
17 and from standard input to the connection.
18 .PP
19 By default,
20 .I dial
21 exits when end of file is reached on standard input or on the network connection.
22 The
23 .B -e
24 flag causes
25 .I dial
26 to exit only in response to end of file on the network connection.
27 .SH SOURCE
28 .B \*9/src/cmd/dial.c
29 .SH SEE ALSO
30 .MR dial (3)