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32.\"	From: @(#)banner.6	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
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35.Dd April 29, 1995
36.Dt BANNER 6
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm banner
40.Nd print large banner on printer
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm banner
43.Op Fl w Ar n
44.Ar message ...
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm Banner
47prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output.
48If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its
49standard input.
50If
51.Fl w
52is given, the output is changed from a width of 132 to
53.Ar n ,
54suitable for a narrow terminal.
55.Pp
56The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
57with no breaks between the pages.
58.Sh BUGS
59Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\,
60^, _, {, }, |, and ~.
61Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny looking (but in a useful way.)
62.Pp
63The
64.Fl w
65option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.
66The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
67Sometimes it runs letters together.
68.Sh AUTHORS
69.An Mark Horton
70