banner/banner.6

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  36 .Dd April 29, 1995
  37 .Dt BANNER 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm banner
  41 .Nd print large banner on printer
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm
  44 .Op Fl w Ar width
  45 .Ar message ...
  46 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  47 .Nm
  48 prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output.
  49 If the message is omitted, it prompts for and
  50 reads one line of its standard input.
  51 If
  52 .Fl w
  53 is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to
  54 .Ar width ,
  55 suitable for a narrow terminal.
  56 .Pp
  57 The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
  58 with no breaks between the pages.
  59 .Sh BUGS
  60 Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \\,
  61 ^, _, {, }, |, and ~.  Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny
  62 looking (but in a useful way.)
  63 .Pp
  64 The
  65 .Fl w
  66 option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.
  67 The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
  68 Sometimes it runs letters together.
  69 .Sh AUTHOR
  70 .An Mark Horton