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asa(1)
NAME
  asa - Interprets carriage-control characters

SYNOPSIS
  asa [file...]

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  asa: XCU5.0

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS
   None

OPERANDS
  file
      The pathname of a file to be read.  If this parameter is omitted,
      standard input is read.

DESCRIPTION
  The asa command writes its input files to standard output, mapping
  carriage-control characters from the text files to line-printer control
  sequences.

  The first character of every input line is removed and, depending on the
  character removed, an action performed on that character and the rest of
  the line.  If the character removed is:

  space
      The rest of the line is output without change.

  0   A newline character is output, followed by the rest of the input line.

  1   A form-feed character is output, followed by the rest of the input
      line.

  +    The newline character of the previous line is replaced with a
      carriage-return character, which is output, followed by the rest of the
      input line. If + is the first character in the input, + has the same
      effect as the space character.

  other
      [Tru64 UNIX]  The character is output, followed by the rest of the
      input line.

EXIT STATUS
  The following exit values are returned:

  0   Successful completion.

  >0  An error occurred.

EXAMPLES
   1.  To view a file (created by a program using FORTRAN-style carriage
       control characters) on a terminal:
	    asa file

   2.  To format the FORTRAN output of a.out and direct it to the printer:
	    a.out | asa | lp

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
  The following environment variables affect the execution of asa:

  LANG
      Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that
      are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value
      from the default locale is used.	If any of the internationalization
      variables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of
      the variables had been defined.

  LC_ALL
      If set to a non-empty string value, overrides the values of all the
      other internationalization variables.

  LC_CTYPE
      Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of
      text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-
      byte characters in arguments and input files).

  LC_MESSAGES
      Determines the locale for the format and contents of diagnostic
      messages written to standard error.

  NLSPATH
      Determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of
      LC_MESSAGES.

SEE ALSO
  Commands:  lp(1)

  Standards:  standards(5)

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