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28.\"	From: @(#)banner.6	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
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31.Dd May 26, 2020
32.Dt BANNER 6
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm banner
36.Nd print large banner on printer
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl d
40.Op Fl t
41.Op Fl w Ar width
42.Ar message ...
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm Banner
45prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output.
46If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its
47standard input.
48.Pp
49The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
50with no breaks between the pages.
51.Pp
52The following options are available:
53.Bl -tag -width indent
54.It Fl d
55Enable debug.
56.It Fl t
57Enable trace.
58.It Fl w Ar width
59Change the output from a width of 132 to
60.Ar width ,
61suitable for a narrow terminal.
62.El
63.Sh HISTORY
64The
65.Nm
66utility first appeared in
67.Bx 4.4 .
68.Sh AUTHORS
69.An Mark Horton
70.Sh BUGS
71Several
72.Tn ASCII
73characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\,
74^, _, {, }, |, and ~.
75Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny looking (but in a useful way.)
76.Pp
77The
78.Fl w
79option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.
80The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
81Sometimes it runs letters together.
82.Pp
83Messages are limited to 1024 characters in length.
84