NAME

banner − print large banner on printer

SYNOPSIS

/usr/games/banner [ −wn ] 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 reduced from a width of 132 to n, suitable for a narrow terminal.  If n is omitted, it defaults to 80. 

The output should be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide, with no breaks between the pages. The volume is enough that you want a printer or a fast hardcopy terminal, but if you are patient, a decwriter or other 300 baud terminal will do. 

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. 

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  16 February 1988