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        ul                                                        Command
        do underlining
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        SYNTAX

        ul [ -i ] [ -t terminal ] [ name ...  ]


        DESCRIPTION

        Ul 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 environment variable TERM.  Ul also translates overstruck
        characters to bold, where appropriate.  The -t option overrides
        the terminal kind specified in the environment.  Ul uses
        information from the terminfo database to determine the
        appropriate sequences for underlining and emboldening.  If the
        terminal is incapable 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 underline, underlining is
        ignored.

        The -i option causes ul to indicate underlining onto by a
        separate line containing appropriate dashes `-'; this is useful
        when you want to look at the underlining which is present in an
        nroff output stream on a crt-terminal.



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        EXAMPLES

        $ ul file01

        This command reads the file "file01" and translates occurances of
        underscores to the sequence which indicates underlining for the
        terminal in use.  If the terminal does not support underlining,
        ul displays the file just as cat would.
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        SEE ALSO

        man(1).  curses(3x), terminfo(4) in the Programmer's Reference
        for the DG/UX System




        DG/UX 4.00                                                 Page 1
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        BUGS

        For users of the Documenter's Toolkit software:  nroff usually
        outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed with the
        text to indicate underlining.  No attempt is made to optimize the
        backward motion.
















































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