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32.\"     @(#)ul.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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35.Dd June 6, 1993
36.Dt UL 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm ul
40.Nd do underlining
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl i
44.Op Fl t Ar terminal
45.Op Ar name Ar ...
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm Ul
48reads the named files (or standard input if none are given)
49and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
50which indicates underlining for the terminal in use, as specified
51by the environment variable
52.Ev TERM .
53The file
54.Pa /etc/termcap
55is read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining.
56If the terminal is incapable of underlining, but is capable of
57a standout mode then that is used instead.
58If the terminal can overstrike,
59or handles underlining automatically,
60.Nm
61degenerates to
62.Xr cat 1 .
63If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
64.Pp
65The following options are available:
66.Bl -tag -width Ds
67.It Fl i
68Underlining is indicated by a separate line containing appropriate
69dashes `\-'; this is useful when you want to look at the underlining
70which is present in an
71.Xr nroff
72output stream on a crt-terminal.
73.It Fl t Ar terminal
74Overrides the terminal type specified in the environment with
75.Ar terminal .
76.El
77.Sh ENVIRONMENT
78The following environment variable is used:
79.Bl -tag -width TERM
80.It Ev TERM
81The
82.Ev TERM
83variable is used to relate a tty device
84with its device capability description (see
85.Xr termcap 5 ) .
86.Ev TERM
87is set at login time, either by the default terminal type
88specified in
89.Pa /etc/ttys
90or as set during the login process by the user in their
91.Pa login
92file (see
93.Xr environ 7 ) .
94.El
95.Sh SEE ALSO
96.Xr colcrt 1 ,
97.Xr man 1 ,
98.Xr nroff 1
99.Sh BUGS
100The
101.Xr nroff 1
102command usually outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed
103with the text to indicate underlining.  No attempt is made to optimize
104the backward motion.
105.Sh HISTORY
106The
107.Nm
108command appeared in
109.Bx 3.0 .
110