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Manual page for BANNER(6)

banner - print large banner on printer

SYNOPSIS

/usr/games/banner [ -wn ] message ...

DESCRIPTION

banner prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output. If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its standard input. If -w is given, the output is reduced from a width of 132 to n, suitable for a narrow terminal. If n is omitted, it defaults to 80.

The output should be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide, with no breaks between the pages. The volume is enough that you want a printer or a fast hardcopy terminal, but if you are patient, a decwriter or other 300 baud terminal will do.

BUGS

Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably `<', `>', `[', `]', `\', `^', `_', `{', `}', `|', and `~'. Also, the characters `"', `'', and `&' are funny looking (but in a useful way.)

The -w option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns. The smaller it gets, the grainier the output. Sometimes it runs letters together.


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