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30 .\" @(#)banner.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
37 .Nd print large banners
44 prints a large, high quality banner on standard output.
47 is omitted, one line of standard input is read for it.
48 A prompt is written to standard error in case standard input is
49 connected to a terminal.
53 is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 (the default) to
55 suitable for a narrow terminal.
57 The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
58 with no breaks between the pages.
62 The following command will print the current date as a banner on
63 standard output, using a width of 80:
65 .Dl "/usr/games/banner -w 80 `date`"
72 Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \e,
73 ^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny
74 looking (but in a useful way.)
78 option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.
79 The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
80 Sometimes it runs letters together.