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FPR(1)  —  Kubota Pacfic Computer Inc. (Fortran User Commands)

NAME

fpr, asa − print Fortran file

SYNOPSIS

fpr
asa

DESCRIPTION

fpr (asa) is a filter that transforms files formatted according to Fortran’s carriage control conventions into files formatted according to UNIX line printer conventions.

fpr (asa) copies its input onto its output, replacing the carriage control characters with characters that produce the intended effects when printed. The first character of each line determines the vertical spacing as follows:
 

Character Vertical Space Before Printing
Blank One line
0 Two lines
1 To first line of next page
+ No advance

A blank line is treated as if its first character is a blank. A blank that appears as a carriage control character is deleted. A zero is changed to a newline.  A one is changed to a form feed. The effects of a "+" are simulated using backspaces. 

EXAMPLES

a.out | fpr | lp

a.out | asa | lp

fpr < fc.output | lp

BUGS

Results are undefined for input lines longer than 170 characters. 

March 13, 1992

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