asa — Convert FORTRAN Carriage-control Output to Printable Form

Synopsis

/usr/bin/asa [-f] [file...] 

Description

The asa command writes its input files to standard output, mapping carriage-control characters from the text files to line-printer control sequences.

The first character of every line is removed from the input, and the following actions are performed.

When the Character is a: Then:
space Output the rest of the line without change.
0 Replace it by a newline control sequence followed by the rest of the input line.
1 Replace it by a newpage control sequence followed by the rest of the input line.
+ Replace it by a control sequence that returns to the first column of the previous line, where the rest of the input line is printed. ...

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