HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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ul(1) ul(1)
NAME
ul - do underlining
SYNOPSIS
ul [-t terminal ][-i][name ...]
DESCRIPTION
ul 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 -t option overrides the terminal type specified in the environment. The terminfo(4) file
corresponding to TERM is read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining. If the terminal is
incapable of underlining, but is capable of a standout mode, the standout mode is used instead. If the ter-
minal can overstrike, or handles underlining automatically, ul degenerates to cat. If the terminal can-
not underline, underlining is ignored.
The -i option causes ul to indicate underlining onto by a separate line containing appropriate dashes -;
this is useful when you want to look at the underlining present in an nroff output stream on a CRT ter-
minal.
WARNINGS
nroff usually outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed with the text to indicate underlin-
ing. No attempt is made to optimize the backward motion.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported with the exception that multi-byte-character file
names are not supported.
FILES
/usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*
terminal capabilityfiles
AUTHOR
ul was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
col(1), man(1), nroff(1).
HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000 1 Section 1957
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