NAME

ul − do underlining

SYNOPSIS

ul [ −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.  If −t is present, terminal is used as the terminal kind.  Otherwise, the environment is looked in and /etc/termcap read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining.  If none of the fields us, ue, or uc is present, and if so and se are present, standout mode is used to indicate underlining.  If the terminal can overstrike, or handles underlining automatically, ul behaves like cat(1). If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.

SEE ALSO

iul(1), man(1), nroff(1)

AUTHOR

Mark Horton

BUGS

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. 

7th Edition  —  9/23/79