how do i execute a file

[demonjinn]

i have a file.doc i need to execute how do i do it? ive trie \/ . and even ? but nothing
its on telnet by the way and what i want to do is read the file.

thanks in advance

demonjinn

[Strike]

reading != executing

if it's really a Word .doc file, then you need something that can read Word .doc files (I recommend catdoc). If it's a plain text file, then just cat <filename>