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@(#)banner.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
.Dd February 26, 2012 .Dt BANNER 6 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm banner .Nd print large banners .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl w Ar width .Op Ar message .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm prints a large, high quality banner on standard output. If .Ar 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.
p If .Fl w is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 (the default) to .Ar width , suitable for a narrow terminal.
p The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, with no breaks between the pages. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES The following command will print the current date as a banner on standard output, using a width of 80:
p .Dl "/usr/games/banner -w 80 `date`" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr banner 1 , .Xr lpr 1 .Sh AUTHORS .An Mark Horton .Sh BUGS Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \e, ^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny looking (but in a useful way.)
p The .Fl w option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns. The smaller it gets, the grainier the output. Sometimes it runs letters together.
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