ASA(1) User Commands ASA(1)

NAME

asa - convert FORTRAN carriage-control output to printable form

SYNOPSIS

asa [-f] [file]...

DESCRIPTION

The asa utility will write its input files to standard output,
mapping carriage-control characters from the text files to line-
printer control sequences.


The first character of every line will be removed from the input, and
the following actions will be performed.


If the character removed is:

SPACE
The rest of the line will be output without change.


0
It is replaced by a newline control sequence followed by the
rest of the input line.


1
It is replaced by a newpage control sequence followed by the
rest of the input line.


+
It is replaced by a control sequence that causes printing to
return to the first column of the previous line, where the
rest of the input line is printed.


For any other character in the first column of an input line, asa
skips the character and prints the rest of the line unchanged.


If asa is called without providing a filename, the standard input is
used.

OPTIONS

The following option is supported:

-f
Start each file on a new page.

OPERANDS

The following operand is supported:

file
A pathname of a text file used for input. If no file operands
are specified, or `-' is specified, then the standard input
will be used.

EXAMPLES

The command

a.out | asa | lp


converts output from a.out to conform with conventional printers and
directs it through a pipe to the printer.


The command

asa output


shows the contents of file output on a terminal as it would appear on
a printer.


The following program is used in the next two examples:

write(*,'(" Blank")')
write(*,'("0Zero ")')
write(*,'("+ Plus ")')
write(*,'("1One ")')
end


Both of the following examples produce two pages of output:


Page 1:

Blank

ZeroPlus


Page 2:

One

Example 1: Using actual files

a.out > MyOutputFile
asa < MyOutputFile | lp

Example 2: Using only pipes

a.out | asa | lp

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

See environ(7) for descriptions of the following environment
variables that affect the execution of asa: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE,
LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
All input files were output successfully.


>0
An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

lp(1), attributes(7), environ(7), standards(7)

April 18, 1995 ASA(1)