banner(1)                                                         banner(1)

NAME
     banner - output arguments in large letters

SYNOPSIS
     banner string ...

DESCRIPTION
     banner writes argument strings in large letters on standard output as
     shown in the example, putting each string on a separate line. The font
     of the output is that of the US-ASCII character set [see ascii(5)].

ARGUMENTS
     string
          string may consist of any alphanumeric characters. If more than
          one string is entered, the strings must be separated by one or
          more spaces. Spaces within a string and shell metacharacters [see
          specialchar(5)] must be individually escaped with a backslash \
          or enclosed in single '...' or double "..." quotes. The maximum
          number of characters printed per line is 10. Excess characters
          are simply ignored. A distinction is made between lowercase and
          uppercase letters in the string. Lowercase letters are output one
          line smaller.

LOCALE
     The LCMESSAGES environment variable governs the language in which
     message texts are displayed. If LCMESSAGES is undefined or is defined
     as the null string, it defaults to the value of LANG. If LANG is like-
     wise undefined or null, the system acts as if it were not internation-
     alized.

     The LCALL environment variable governs the entire locale. LCALL
     takes precedence over all the other environment variables which affect
     internationalization.






















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banner(1)                                                         banner(1)

EXAMPLES
     Print the string This is a banner! in large letters on the screen:

     $ banner This is a banner!

     #######
        #     #   #    #     ####
        #     #   #    #    #
        #     #####    #     ####
        #     #   #    #         #
        #     #   #    #    #    #
        #     #   #    #     ####

     #     ####
     #    #
     #     ####
     #         #
     #    #    #
     #     ####

       ##
      #  #
     #    #
     ######
     #    #
     #    #

     ######                                           ###
     #     #    ##     #    #  #    #  ###### #####   ###
     #     #   #  #    ##   #  ##   #  #      #    #  ###
     ######   #    #   # #  #  # #  #  #####  #    #   #
     #     #  ######   #  # #  #  # #  #      #####
     #     #  #    #   #   ##  #   ##  #      #   #   ###
     ######   #    #   #    #  #    #  ###### #    #  ###

SEE ALSO
     echo(1).

















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