BANNER(6) BSD Games Manual BANNER(6)
NAME
banner -- print large banner on printer
SYNOPSIS
banner [-w width] 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 stan-
dard input. If -w is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to width, suitable for a narrow terminal. For example:
/usr/games/banner -w 80 Hello
The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, with no breaks between the pages.
AUTHORS
Mark Horton
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.
BSD
December 14, 2006 BSD
