BANNER(6) BSD Games Manual BANNER(6)NAMEbanner — print large banner on printer
SYNOPSISbanner [-w width] message ...
DESCRIPTIONbanner 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 width, suitable for a narrow terminal.
The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, with no
breaks between the pages.
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.
AUTHOR
Mark Horton
BSD April 29, 1995 BSD