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Dd April 7, 2020
Dt BANNER 1
Os
Sh NAME
Nm banner
Nd print strings in large letters
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl l
Op Fl b Ar bg
Op Fl f Ar fg
Ar string ...
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
prints up to 10 chars of each
Ar string
in large letters on the standard output.
Pp
The options are:
Bl -tag -width Ds
It Fl b Ar bg
Use
Ar bg
as the background color (character) rather than the default
Dq \  .
It Fl f Ar fg
Use
Ar fg
as the foreground color (character) rather than the default
Dq # .
If
Ar fg
is
Dq - ,
then the actual letter being printed is used as the
foreground color in the same way that LPD does it.
The results are quite variable.
It Fl l
Use the more attractive LPD font instead of the traditional
Nm
font.
El
Sh EXIT STATUS
Ex -std
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr banner 6
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
utility first appeared in
Nx 1.2 .