asa(1)

NAME
     asa - Interprets ASA carriage control characters

SYNOPSIS
     asa [files]

DESCRIPTION
     asa interprets the output of Fortran programs that utilize ASA
     carriage control characters.  It processes either the files whose
     names are given as arguments or the standard input if no file names
     are supplied.  The first character of each line is assumed to be a
     control character.  Their meanings are as follows:

     ' '  (Blank) Single new line before printing.

     0    Double new line before printing.

     1    New page before printing.

     +    Overprint previous line.

     Lines beginning with other than the previously defined characters are
     treated as if they began with ' '.  The first character of a line is
     not printed.  If any such lines appear, an appropriate diagnostic will
     appear on standard error.  This program forces the first line of each
     input file to start on a new page.

     If the _XPG environment variable is defined, asa operates in
     conformance with the X/Open XPG4 specifications.  The format of the
     output may differ in accordance to the XPG4 standards.

EXAMPLES
     To correctly view the output of Fortran programs that use ASA carriage
     control characters, asa could be used as a filter as in the following
     example:

          a.out | asa | lpr

     and the output, properly formatted and paginated, would be directed to
     the line printer.  Fortran output sent to a file could be viewed by
     specifying the following command line:

          asa file

SEE ALSO
     fsplit(1)