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asa (Unix)
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asa - interpret carriage-control characters
Synopsis
asa [ file … ]
Description
The asa utility shall write its input files to standard output, mapping carriage-control characters from the text files to line-printer control sequences in an implementation-defined manner.
The first character of every line shall be removed from the input, and the following actions are performed.
If the character removed is:
<space>
The rest of the line is output without change. A <newline> is output, then the rest of the input line. One or more implementation-defined characters that causes an advance to the next page shall be output, followed by the rest of the input line.
The <newline> of the previous line shall be replaced with one or more implementation-defined characters that causes printing to return to column position 1, followed by the rest of the input line. If the '+' is the first character in the input, it shall be equivalent to <space>. The action of the asa utility is unspecified upon encountering any character other than those listed above as the first character in a line.