HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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 capability ﬁles

AUTHOR

ul was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.