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 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

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 p1003.2-92 and to xcu5.

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