ASA(1)			 HP-UX 5.0			ASA(1)

     NAME
	  asa - interpret ASA carriage control characters

     SYNOPSIS
	  asa [files]

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/NUCLEUS

	  Origin:   System V

     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:

	  ' '	  (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 above 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.

	  To view correctly the output of FORTRAN programs which use
	  ASA carriage control characters, asa could be used as a
	  filter thus:

	       a.out | asa | lp

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

	       asa file

     SEE ALSO
	  efl(1), f77(1), fsplit(1), ratfor(1).