NAME
banner —
print large banner on
printer
SYNOPSIS
banner |
[-d] [-t]
[-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.
The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, with no breaks between the pages.
The following options are available:
-d- Enable debug.
-t- Enable trace.
-wwidth- Change the output from a width of 132 to width, suitable for a narrow terminal.
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.
Messages are limited to 1024 characters in length.