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UL(1)			    General Commands Manual			 UL(1)

NAME
       ul -- do	underlining

SYNOPSIS
       ul [-i] [-t terminal] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  ul	utility	 reads	the named files	(or standard input if none are
       given) and translates occurrences of underscores	to the sequence	 which
       indicates  underlining for the terminal in use, as specified by the en-
       vironment variable TERM.	 The file /etc/termcap is  read	 to  determine
       the  appropriate	 sequences  for	underlining.  If the terminal is inca-
       pable of	underlining, but is capable of a standout mode	then  that  is
       used  instead.	If the terminal	can overstrike,	or handles underlining
       automatically, ul degenerates to	cat(1).	 If the	terminal cannot	under-
       line, underlining is ignored.

       The following options are available:

       -i      Underlining is indicated	by a separate line  containing	appro-
	       priate dashes `-'.

       -t terminal
	       Overrides  the  terminal	type specified in the environment with
	       terminal.

ENVIRONMENT
       The LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and TERM environment	variables  affect  the
       execution of ul as described in environ(7).

EXIT STATUS
       The ul utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
       man(1), mandoc(1)

HISTORY
       The ul command appeared in 3.0BSD.

FreeBSD	14.3			October	7, 2020				 UL(1)

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