ASA(1)

NAME
asa - interpret ASA carriage control characters

SYNOPSIS
asa filename ...

DESCRIPTION
asa interprets the output of FORTRAN programs that utilize ASA carriage control characters. If no filename is supplied as an argument, the standard input is used.

  ASA Control Characters

The first character of each input line is assumed to be a control character:

′ ′ Blank. Print a single newline before printing (start a new line).

0   Print a double newline before printing (skip a line).

1   Start a new page before printing.

+   Overstrike previous line.

Lines beginning with other characters are treated as if they began with a blank. error. The first character of a line is not printed. This program forces the first line of each input file to start on a new page.

EXAMPLE
asa can be used as a filter to display the output of FORTRAN programs that use ASA carriage control characters. The pipeline:

    a.out | asa | lp

directs formatted FORTRAN output to the line printer.

SEE ALSO
f77(1), fsplit(1), ratfor(1).