NAME
ul —
do underlining
SYNOPSIS
ul |
[-i] [-t
terminal] [file ...] |
DESCRIPTION
The ul 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, ul
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
‘
-’. -tterminal- 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 ul as
described in environ(7).
EXIT STATUS
The ul utility exits 0 on success,
and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The ul command appeared in
3.0BSD.