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Command: banner | Section: 6 | Source: NetBSD | File: banner.6
BANNER(6) FreeBSD Games Manual 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
The banner utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 February 26, 2012 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8