COLCRT(1,C)                 AIX Commands Reference                  COLCRT(1,C)



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colcrt



PURPOSE

Provides virtual line feeds.

SYNTAX


          +--------+
colcrt ---| +----+ |--- file ---|
          +-| -  |-+
           ^| -2 ||
           |+----+|
           +------+


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

The colcrt command provides virtual half-line and reverse line feed sequences
for terminals without such capability, and on which overstriking is
destructive.  Half-line characters and underlining (changed to dashing '-') are
placed on new lines in between the normal output lines.

FLAGS

-       Suppresses underlining; useful for previewing boxed tables from tbl.

-2      Causes all half-lines to be printed, effectively double-spacing the
        document.  Useful when printing output with subscripts and superscripts
        on a line printer, where half lines normally do not appear.

EXAMPLES

A typical use of colcrt would be

      tbl exum2.n | nroff -ms | colcrt - | more

RELATED INFORMATION

The following commands:  "nroff, troff,"  "col," "more, page" and "ul."









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