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46 utility reads the named files (or standard input if none are given)
47 and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
48 which indicates underlining for the terminal in use, as specified
49 by the environment variable
53 is read to determine the appropriate sequences for underlining.
54 If the terminal is incapable of underlining, but is capable of
55 a standout mode then that is used instead.
56 If the terminal can overstrike,
57 or handles underlining automatically,
61 If the terminal cannot underline, underlining is ignored.
63 The following options are available:
66 Underlining is indicated by a separate line containing appropriate
67 dashes `\-'; this is useful when you want to look at the underlining
68 which is present in an
70 output stream on a crt-terminal.
72 Overrides the terminal type specified in the environment with
76 The following environment variable is used:
81 variable is used to relate a tty device
82 with its device capability description (see
85 is set at login time, either by the default terminal type
88 or as set during the login process by the user in their
105 command usually outputs a series of backspaces and underlines intermixed
106 with the text to indicate underlining. No attempt is made to optimize