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+++ b/banner/banner.6
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.6 1995/04/22 11:55:13 cgd Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.18 2012/02/26 21:06:59 wiz Exp $
 .\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993, 1995
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"    This product includes software developed by the University of
-.\"    California, Berkeley and its contributors.
-.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 .\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 .\"    without specific prior written permission.
 .\"
@@ -31,36 +27,50 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"    @(#)banner.6    8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"    @(#)banner.6    8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
 .\"
-.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dd February 26, 2012
 .Dt BANNER 6
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm banner 
-.Nd print large banner on printer
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm banner
+.Nd print large banners
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
 .Op Fl w Ar width
-.Ar message ...
+.Op Ar message
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm 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.  If
+.Nm
+prints a large, high quality banner on standard output.
+If
+.Ar 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.
+.Pp
+If
 .Fl w
-is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to
+is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 (the default) to
 .Ar width ,
 suitable for a narrow terminal.
 .Pp
-The output should be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide,
-with no breaks between the pages. The volume is great enough that you 
-may want
-a printer or a fast hardcopy terminal, but if you are patient, a
-decwriter or other 300 baud terminal will do.
+The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
+with no breaks between the pages.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following command will print the current date as a banner on
+standard output, using a width of 80:
+.Pp
+.Dl "/usr/games/banner -w 80 `date`"
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr banner 1 ,
+.Xr lpr 1
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Mark Horton
 .Sh BUGS
-Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\,
-^, _, {, }, |, and ~.  Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny
+Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \e,
+^, _, {, }, |, and ~.  Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny
 looking (but in a useful way.)
 .Pp
 The
@@ -68,5 +78,3 @@ The
 option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.
 The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
 Sometimes it runs letters together.
-.Sh AUTHOR
-Mark Horton