Manual page for ul(1)
ul - do underlining
SYNOPSIS
ul
[
-i
] [
-t
terminal
] [
filename...
]
AVAILABILITY
SUNWdoc
DESCRIPTION
ul
reads the named
filenames
(or the standard input if none are given)
and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
which indicates underlining for the terminal in use, as specified
by the environment variable
TERM.
ul
uses the
/usr/share/lib/terminfo entry
to determine the appropriate
sequences for underlining.
If the terminal is incapable of underlining,
but is capable of a standout mode then that is used instead.
If the terminal can overstrike, or handles underlining automatically,
ul
degenerates to
cat.1
If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
OPTIONS
- -t terminal
-
Override the terminal kind specified in the environment.
If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
If the terminal name is not found, no underlining is attempted.
- -i
-
Indicate underlining by a separate
line containing appropriate dashes
`-';
this is useful when you want to
look at the underlining which is present in an
nroff.1
output stream on a
CRT-terminal.
RETURN VALUES
ul
returns exit code 1 if the file specified is not found.
FILES
- /usr/share/lib/terminfo/*
-
SEE ALSO
cat.1
man.1
nroff.1
BUGS
nroff
usually generates a series of backspaces and underlines
intermixed
with the text to indicate underlining.
ul
makes attempt to optimize
the backward motion.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
