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NAME
asa — interpret carriage-control charactersSYNOPSIS
asa | [ file ...] |
DESCRIPTION
The asa utility reads files sequentially, mapping FORTRAN carriage-control characters to line-printer control sequences, and writes them to the standard output.The first character of each line is interpreted as a carriage-control character. The following characters are interpreted as follows:
- <space>
- Output the rest of the line without change.
- 0
- Output a <newline> character before printing the rest of the line.
- 1
- Output a <formfeed> character before printing the rest of the line.
- +
- The trailing <newline> of the previous line is replaced by a <carriage-return> before printing the rest of the line.
Lines beginning with characters other than the above are treated as if they begin with <space>.
EXIT STATUS
The asa utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.EXAMPLES
To view a file containing the output of a FORTRAN program:
asa file
To format the output of a FORTRAN program and redirect it to a line-printer:
a.out | asa | lpr
SEE ALSO
f77(1)STANDARDS
The asa utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).AUTHORS
, Winning Strategies, Inc.May 9, 2002 | FreeBSD |