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1.\"	$NetBSD: banner.1,v 1.6 2001/12/01 16:43:07 wiz Exp $
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18.Dd April 9, 1995
19.Dt BANNER 1
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm banner
23.Nd print strings in large letters
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25.Nm
26.Bk -words
27.Op Fl f Ar fg
28.Ek
29.Bk -words
30.Op Fl b Ar bg
31.Ek
32.Bk -words
33.Op Fl l
34.Ek
35.Ar string ...
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37.Nm
38prints up to 10 chars of each
39.Ar string
40in large letters on the standard output.
41.Pp
42The options are:
43.Bl -tag -width Ds
44.It Fl b Ar bg
45Use
46.Ar bg
47as the background color (character) rather than the default ``\ ''.
48.It Fl f Ar fg
49Use
50.Ar fg
51as the foreground color (character) rather than the default ``#''.
52If
53.Ar fg
54is ``-'', then the actual letter being printed is used as the
55foreground color in the same way that LPD does it.  The results are
56quite variable.
57.It Fl l
58Use the more attractive LPD font instead of the traditional
59.Nm
60font.
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr banner 6
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