asa(1)                         DG/UX R4.11MU05                        asa(1)


NAME
       asa - interpret ASA carriage control characters

SYNOPSIS
       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 with 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
       fsplit(1), ratfor(1).


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