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31.Dd December 30, 2013
32.Dt UL 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ul
36.Nd do underlining
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl i
40.Op Fl t Ar terminal
41.Op Ar
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility reads the named files (or standard input if none are given)
46and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
47which indicates underlining for the terminal in use, as specified
48by the environment variable
49.Ev TERM .
50The file
51.Pa /etc/termcap
52is read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining.
53If the terminal is incapable of underlining, but is capable of
54a standout mode then that is used instead.
55If the terminal can overstrike,
56or handles underlining automatically,
57.Nm
58degenerates to
59.Xr cat 1 .
60If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
61.Pp
62The following options are available:
63.Bl -tag -width indent
64.It Fl i
65Underlining is indicated by a separate line containing appropriate
66dashes
67.Ql \- ;
68this is useful when you want to look at the underlining
69which is present in an
70.Xr nroff 1
71output stream on a CRT-terminal.
72.It Fl t Ar terminal
73Overrides the terminal type specified in the environment with
74.Ar terminal .
75.El
76.Sh ENVIRONMENT
77The
78.Ev LANG , LC_ALL , LC_CTYPE
79and
80.Ev TERM
81environment variables affect the execution of
82.Nm
83as described in
84.Xr environ 7 .
85.Sh EXIT STATUS
86.Ex -std
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr colcrt 1 ,
89.Xr man 1 ,
90.Xr nroff 1
91.Sh HISTORY
92The
93.Nm
94command appeared in
95.Bx 3.0 .
96.Sh BUGS
97The
98.Xr nroff 1
99command usually outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed
100with the text to indicate underlining.
101No attempt is made to optimize
102the backward motion.
103