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31.Dd October 7, 2020
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 \- .
68.It Fl t Ar terminal
69Overrides the terminal type specified in the environment with
70.Ar terminal .
71.El
72.Sh ENVIRONMENT
73The
74.Ev LANG , LC_ALL , LC_CTYPE
75and
76.Ev TERM
77environment variables affect the execution of
78.Nm
79as described in
80.Xr environ 7 .
81.Sh EXIT STATUS
82.Ex -std
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr man 1 ,
85.Xr mandoc 1
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89command appeared in
90.Bx 3.0 .
91