NAME
banner —
print large banner on
printer
SYNOPSIS
banner |
[-w width]
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 width,
suitable for a narrow terminal.
The output should be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide, with no breaks between the pages.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Mark Horton
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.