BANNER(6) | Games Manual | BANNER(6) |
banner
— print
large banners
banner |
[-w width]
[message] |
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.
The banner
utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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`
Mark Horton
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 10.99 |