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1.1 ! root 1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. ! 2: .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement ! 3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. ! 4: .\" ! 5: .\" @(#)ul.1 6.2 (Berkeley) 5/7/86 ! 6: .\" ! 7: .TH UL 1 "May 7, 1986" ! 8: .UC 4 ! 9: .SH NAME ! 10: ul \- do underlining ! 11: .SH SYNOPSIS ! 12: .B ul ! 13: [ ! 14: .B \-i ! 15: ] [ ! 16: .B \-t ! 17: .I terminal ! 18: ] ! 19: [ ! 20: .I name ! 21: \&... ! 22: ] ! 23: .SH DESCRIPTION ! 24: .I Ul ! 25: reads the named files (or standard input if none are given) ! 26: and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence ! 27: which indicates underlining for the terminal in use, as specified ! 28: by the environment variable ! 29: TERM. ! 30: The ! 31: .B \-t ! 32: option overrides the terminal kind specified in the environment. ! 33: The file ! 34: .I /etc/termcap ! 35: is read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining. ! 36: If the terminal is incapable of underlining, but is capable of ! 37: a standout mode then that is used instead. ! 38: If the terminal can overstrike, ! 39: or handles underlining automatically, ! 40: .I ul ! 41: degenerates to ! 42: .IR cat (1). ! 43: If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored. ! 44: .PP ! 45: The ! 46: .B \-i ! 47: option causes ! 48: .I ul ! 49: to indicate underlining onto by a separate line containing appropriate ! 50: dashes `\-'; this is useful when you want to look at the underlining ! 51: which is present in an ! 52: .I nroff ! 53: output stream on a crt-terminal. ! 54: .SH "SEE ALSO" ! 55: man(1), nroff(1), colcrt(1) ! 56: .SH BUGS ! 57: .I Nroff ! 58: usually outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed ! 59: with the text to indicate underlining. No attempt is made to optimize ! 60: the backward motion.
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