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ASA(1)			     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  stan-
     dard output.

     The first character of each line is interpreted as a carriage-control char-
     acter.  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 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1").

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

FreeBSD 15.1			   May 9, 2002				  ASA(1)

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