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35.\"     @(#)ul.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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37.Dd June 6, 1993
38.Dt UL 1
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm ul
42.Nd do underlining
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm ul
45.Op Fl i
46.Op Fl t Ar terminal
47.Op Ar name Ar ...
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Nm
50reads the named files (or standard input if none are given)
51and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
52which indicates underlining for the terminal in use, as specified
53by the environment variable
54.Ev TERM .
55The file
56.Pa /etc/termcap
57is read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining.
58If the terminal is incapable of underlining, but is capable of
59a standout mode, then that is used instead.
60If the terminal can overstrike,
61or handles underlining automatically,
62.Nm
63degenerates to
64.Xr cat 1 .
65If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
66.Pp
67The options are as follows:
68.Bl -tag -width Ds
69.It Fl i
70Underlining is indicated by a separate line containing appropriate
71dashes
72.Pq Ql - ;
73this is useful when you want to look at the underlining
74which is present in an
75.Xr nroff 1
76output stream on a crt-terminal.
77.It Fl t Ar terminal
78Overrides the terminal type specified in the environment with
79.Ar terminal .
80.El
81.Sh ENVIRONMENT
82The following environment variables affect the execution of
83.Nm ul :
84.Bl -tag -width TERM
85.It Ev TERM
86Used to relate a tty device
87with its device capability description (see
88.Xr termcap 5 ) .
89.Ev TERM
90is set at login time, either by the default terminal type
91specified in
92.Pa /etc/ttys
93or as set during the login process by the user in their
94.Pa login
95file (see
96.Xr setenv 1 ) .
97.El
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr colcrt 1 ,
100.Xr man 1 ,
101.Xr nroff 1
102.Sh HISTORY
103The
104.Nm
105command appeared in
106.Bx 3.0 .
107.Sh BUGS
108.Xr nroff 1
109usually outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed
110with the text to indicate underlining.
111No attempt is made to optimize the backward motion.
112