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                                                                   asa(1)



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        asa                                                       Command
        interpret ASA carriage control characters
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        SYNTAX

        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 no file
        names are supplied.  The first character of each line is assumed
        to be a control character; the meanings are:

        ' '     (blank) single new line before printing

        0       double new line before printing

        1       new page before printing

        +       overprint previous line.

        Lines beginning characters other than the ones above are treated
        as if they began with ' '.  The first character of the line is
        not printed and an appropriate diagnostic will appear on standard
        error.  This program forces the first line of each input file to
        start on a new page.

        To view correctly the output of FORTRAN programs which use ASA
        carriage control characters, asa could be used as a filter thus:

             a.out | asa | lp

        and the output, properly formatted and paginated, would be
        directed to the line printer.  FORTRAN output sent to a file
        could be viewed by:

             asa file


        SEE ALSO

        f77(1), fsplit(1), ratfor(1).






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