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.
For example:
/usr/games/banner -w 80 Hello
The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
with no breaks between the pages.
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.