displaying decrypted plaintext on screen instead of output to file

[vedaal at nym.hush.com]

Is there an option in gnupg like the '-m' option in pgp which 
allows the display of decrypted plaintext on the screen instead of 
saving to file, 
even when the file is encrypted 'without' the '--for-your-eyes-
only' option?

I tried:
gpg --for-your-eyes-only file.asc

but gnupg decrypts and saves it to file.txt and doesn't display the 
plaintext.

Also, is it possible to encrypt a short message by entering the 
plaintext string without entering a plaintext filename?
(It wouldn't matter if gnupg saves the ciphertext as an output 
file.)

(I know it is trivial to do with a front end that just encrypts 
anything copied to clipboard, but can it be done just from the 
gnupg commandline?)


Thanks,

vedaal