BANNER(6)

NAME
banner - print large banners

SYNOPSIS
banner [-w width] [message]

DESCRIPTION
banner prints a large, high quality banner on standard output. If message is omitted, one line of standard input is read for it. A prompt is written to standard error in case standard input is connected to a terminal.

If -w is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 (the default) to width, suitable for a narrow terminal.

The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, with no breaks between the pages.

EXIT STATUS

EXAMPLES
The following command will print the current date as a banner on standard output, using a width of 80:

    /usr/games/banner -w 80 `date`

SEE ALSO
banner(1), lpr(1)

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.