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28.\"	From: @(#)banner.6	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
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30.Dd June 21, 2021
31.Dt BANNER 6
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm banner
35.Nd print large banner on printer
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl d
39.Op Fl t
40.Op Fl w Ar width
41.Ar message ...
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm Banner
44prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output.
45If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its
46standard input.
47.Pp
48The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
49with no breaks between the pages.
50.Pp
51The following options are available:
52.Bl -tag -width indent
53.It Fl d
54Enable debug.
55.It Fl t
56Enable trace.
57.It Fl w Ar width
58Change the output from a width of 132 to
59.Ar width ,
60suitable for a narrow terminal.
61.El
62.Sh HISTORY
63The
64.Nm
65utility first appeared in
66.At v6 .
67.Sh AUTHORS
68.An Mark Horton
69.Sh BUGS
70Several
71.Tn ASCII
72characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\,
73^, _, {, }, |, and ~.
74Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny looking (but in a useful way.)
75.Pp
76The
77.Fl w
78option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.
79The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
80Sometimes it runs letters together.
81.Pp
82Messages are limited to 1024 characters in length.
83