NAME
asa —
interpret carriage-control
characters
SYNOPSIS
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
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.