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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