ul

 

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 User Commands                                               ul(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      ul - do underlining
 


SYNOPSIS
      ul [ -i ]  [ -t terminal ]  [ filename ... ]
 


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 appropri-
      ate  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  environ-
            ment. If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is
            ignored. If the terminal name is not found, no  under-
            lining 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/*
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWdoc                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      cat(1), man(1), nroff(1), attributes(5)
 
 BUGS
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 17 Mar 1994                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 User Commands                                               ul(1)
 
 
 
      nroff usually generates a series of  backspaces  and  under-
      lines  intermixed  with the text to indicate underlining. ul
      makes attempt to optimize the backward motion.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 17 Mar 1994                    2
 
 
 

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