BANNER(1)                   General Commands Manual                  BANNER(1)



NAME
       banner - print large letters


SYNOPSIS
       banner [-Chlv] [-c character] [-f font] [-w cols] [--help]
       [--use-letters] [--version] [--use-char=character] [--font=font]
       [--width=cols] [text...]


DESCRIPTION
       The banner program is used to print large letters of a given text. If
       the text is not given on the command line, it will be read from stdin.

       This implementation of banner splits the text in multiple lines if it
       is too long to fit on a single line. Splitting is done on word-
       boundaries, if possible. To force a line break, include a newline
       characters in the text.

       Note that contigous whitespace characters are folded to a single
       spaace.


   OPTIONS
       -C, --center
              Center each line of the message.


       -h, --help
              Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.


       -l, --use-letters
              Use individual characters when drawing the letters, that is:
              Draw an `a' using a-characters, a `b' using b-characters, and so
              on.


       -V, --version
              Print version information on standard output then exit
              successfully.


       -c, --use-char=character
              Use the given character when drawing the letters. The default is
              an asterisk (`*').


       -f, --font=font
              Select font number cols for drawing characters. There are two
              available fonts: Number 1 is the default font. Number 2 is a
              smaller font.


       -w, --width=cols
              Assume the screen is cols columns wide. The default is 75.


AUTHOR
       Sverre H. Huseby (shh@thathost.com).

                                28 August 1996                       BANNER(1)