1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993, 1995 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)banner.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 04/29/95 7.\" 8.Dd "" 9.Dt BANNER 6 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm banner 13.Nd print large banner on printer 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm banner 16.Op Fl w Ar n 17.Ar message ... 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19.Nm Banner 20prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output. 21If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its 22standard input. 23If 24.Fl w 25is given, the output is changed from a width of 132 to 26.Ar n , 27suitable for a narrow terminal. 28.Pp 29The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, 30with no breaks between the pages. 31.Sh BUGS 32Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\, 33^, _, {, }, |, and ~. 34Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny looking (but in a useful way.) 35.Pp 36The 37.Fl w 38option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns. 39The smaller it gets, the grainier the output. 40Sometimes it runs letters together. 41.Sh AUTHOR 42Mark Horton 43