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# NAME

`banner` — print large banners

# SYNOPSIS

`banner` | [`-w` width] [message]

# DESCRIPTION

`banner` prints a large, high quality banner on standard output. If 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.

If `-w` is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 (the default) to width, suitable for a narrow terminal.

The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, with no breaks between the pages.

# EXIT STATUS

The `banner` utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

# EXAMPLES

The following command will print the current date as a banner on standard output, using a width of 80:

`/usr/games/banner -w 80 `date``

# SEE ALSO

banner(1), lpr(1)

# 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.

February 26, 2012 | NetBSD 11.99