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# 1  
Old 09-23-2011
Need help with banner.
is there a way to reduce the size of the banner?

banner -w ?

TIA
# 2  
Old 09-23-2011
Not really... sorry...
# 3  
Old 09-23-2011
fontsize does not changed when i tried to execute:
banner -w 20 'hello'

pls. advise, if there's a possible way to reduce the font.
# 4  
Old 09-23-2011
Not all UNIXes implement banner command with -w option as they usually found in BSD and derivatives
you can issue the with -w switch to resize the printed ASCII size on xBSD OSes

Code:
$ banner -w20  "Hello"

# 5  
Old 09-23-2011
Pls. advise, fontsize does not changed.
$ uname
Linux

I tried...
$ banner -w20 "Hello"
# 6  
Old 09-23-2011
If it won't change, then it won't change. You may just have to come to terms with that.
Last edited by Scott; 09-23-2011 at 11:43 AM.. Reason: Removed -w comment - confusion over interoperation of word "font"
# 7  
Old 09-23-2011
any alternative to banner command (a shell/perl script where we can set a fontsize ?). TIA
 
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