(hpux) $ shar myfile.pl > myfile.shar

(nt) $ ftp (hpux)
Connected to (hpux)
220 (hpux) FTP server (Version 1.1.214.4 Mon Feb 15 08:48:46 GMT 1999) ready.
Name ((hpux):(user)):
331 Password required for (user).
Password:
230 User (user) logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ascii
200 Type set to A.
ftp> get sample.shar
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for sample.shar (138630 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
140877 bytes received in 0.14 seconds (1006264 bytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

administrator@(nt) ~
$ head -3 sample.shar

# This is a shell archive.  Remove anything before this line,
# then unpack it by saving it in a file and typing "sh file".

administrator@(nt) ~
$ sh sample.shar
Compiling unpacker for non-ascii files
x - myfile.pl