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ASA(1)                    BSD General Commands Manual                   ASA(1)

NAME
     asa -- interpret carriage-control characters.

SYNOPSIS
     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 charac-ters characters
     ters 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>.

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

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

SEE ALSO
     f77(1)

STANDARDS
     The asa utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').

AUTHORS
     J.T. Conklin, Winning Strategies, Inc.

BSD                           September 23, 1993                           BSD