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.TH ASA 1
.SH NAME
asa \- interpret ASA control characters
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B asa
[ file ] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Asa
takes files which were written with ASA carriage control characters,
usually by FORTRAN programs, converts them to a form suitable for printing
on a terminal, line printer, and so on, and writes the results on the
standard output.
.PP
The control characters handled are:
.PP
\' \' single space
.br
\'0\' double space
.br
\'-\' triple space
.br
\'+\' overprint the previous line
.br
\'1\' start a new page
.PP
If no file names are given, the standard input is used.
.PP
Each input
file given starts a new page.
A skip to a new page on the first line of the
first input file is ignored.