.htaccess visibility

1st post alert....a quickie to put my mind at rest...

I'm new to web scripting and I've been reading up on the things i can do with the htaccess file (redirects,error pages,etc). Does anyone know if there are any ways of viewing the file without server access..

No most people will add this to stop you

<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

google htaccess you wil find tons of help pages