BANNER (6)
print large banner on printer
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/banner
[
-w n
]
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 scrunched down 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 great enough that you
may 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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