NAME
asa
- interpret carriage-control characters
SYNOPSIS
asa
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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 exit 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 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'')
and to
X/Open Commands and Utilities Issue 5 (``XCU5'') .
AUTHORS
J.T. Conklin, Winning Strategies, Inc.