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@(#)banner.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/06/93
BANNER 6 ""
C NAME
banner - 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.
AUTHOR
Mark Horton