ASA(1) General Commands Manual ASA(1)
NAME
asainterpret 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 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
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.