NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     asa -- interpret carriage-control characters

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     asa [file ...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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>.

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The asa utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     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 lineprinter:


	   a.out | asa | lpr

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     f77(1)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The asa utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     J.T. Conklin, Winning Strategies, Inc.


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