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NAME
ul
- do underlining
SYNOPSIS
[-i
]
[-t terminal
]
[file ...
]
DESCRIPTION
The
utility reads the named files (or 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
The file
/etc/termcap
is read 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,
degenerates to
cat(1).
If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
The following options are available:
- -i
-
Underlining is indicated 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.
- -t terminal
-
Overrides the terminal type specified in the environment with
terminal
ENVIRONMENT
The
LANG , LC_ALL , LC_CTYPE
and
TERM
environment variables affect the execution of
as described in
environ(7).
EXIT STATUS
Ex -std
SEE ALSO
colcrt(1),
man(1),
nroff(1)
HISTORY
The
command appeared in
BSD 3.0
BUGS
The
nroff(1)
command usually outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed
with the text to indicate underlining.
No attempt is made to optimize
the backward motion.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- ENVIRONMENT
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- EXIT STATUS
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- SEE ALSO
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- HISTORY
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- BUGS
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