Command Reference Guide

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asa(1) asa(1)
NAME
asa - interpret ASA carriage control characters
SYNOPSIS
asa [files]
DESCRIPTION
asa interprets the output of FORTRAN programs that utilize ASA carriage control characters. It
processes either the files whose names are given as arguments, or the standard input if - is specified or if
no file names are given. The first character of each line is assumed to be a control character. The following
control characters are interpreted as indicated:
(blank) Output a single new-line character before printing.
(space) (XPG4 only.) The rest of the line will be output without change.
0 Output two new-line characters before printing.
0 (XPG4 only.) A <newline> shall be output, then the rest of the input line.
1 Output a new-page character before printing.
+ Overprint previous line.
+ (XPG4 only.) The <newline> of the previous line shall be replaced with one or more
implementaions-defined characters that causes printing to return to column position 1, fol-
lowed by the rest of the input line. If the + is the first character in the input, it shall have the
same effect as <space>.
Lines beginning with other than the above characters are treated the same as lines beginning with a blank.
The first character of a line is not printed. If any such lines appear, an appropriate diagnostic is sent to
standard error. This program forces the first line of each input file to start on a new page.
(XPG4 only.) The action of the asa utility is unspecified upon encountering any character other than those
listed above as the first character in a line.
To view the output of FORTRAN programs which use ASA carriage control characters and have them
appear in normal form, asa can be used as a filter:
a.out | asa | lp
The output, properly formatted and paginated, is then directed to the line printer. FORTRAN output pre-
viously sent to a file can be viewed on a user terminal screen by using:
asa file
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LC_CTYPE determines the interpretation of text within file as single- and/or multi-byte characters.
LC_MESSAGES determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If LC_CTYPE or LC_MESSAGES is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the
value of LANG is used as a default for each unspecified or empty variable. If LANG
is not specified or is
set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of
LANG
.
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting,
asa behaves as if all internationalization
variables are set to "C". See environ(5).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
SEE ALSO
efl(1), f77(1), fsplit(1), ratfor(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
asa: XPG4, POSIX.2
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