Read

Reads a remote file stored on the Pico device and either prints to the screen or saves to a local file.

Usage

.read <remote-path> [--local-path <path> [--overwrite]]

Examples

Example 1

Read from the Pico with the file name “file.js” and save the local “myFile.js” if it does not already exist.

.read file.js --local-path ./myFile.js

Example 2

Read the remote file.js and output the contents to the screen.

.read file.js

Options

remote-path

• The name of the file to read from the Pico device
• Required.

--local-path <path>

• The name of the local file to save the file to.
• Optional. If this parameter is omitted, then the file contents will be outputed to the console.

--overwrite

• When --local-path is provided, this argument will allow the output file to clobber an existing file with the same file name.
• Optional. If this parameter is omitted, then an existing file will cause an error and prevent being overwritten.