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BANNER(6)			   Games Manual 		       BANNER(6)

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  in-
     put.

     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.

     -w width
	     Change the output from a width of 132 to width, suitable for a nar-
	     row terminal.

HISTORY
     The banner utility first appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

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 to-
     gether.

     Messages are limited to 1024 characters in length.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  June 21, 2021 		       BANNER(6)

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