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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	 stan-
       dard 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.

       -w width
	       Change  the output from a width of 132 to width,	suitable for a
	       narrow 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
       together.

       Messages	are limited to 1024 characters in length.

FreeBSD	14.3			 June 21, 2021			     BANNER(6)

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