banner(1)                                                         banner(1)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      banner - make posters in large letters

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      banner strings

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      banner prints its arguments (each up to 10 characters long) in large
      letters on the standard output.

      Each argument is printed on a separate line.  Note that multiple-word
      arguments must be enclosed in quotes in order to be printed on the
      same line.

 EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]
      Print the message ``Good luck Susan'' in large letters on the screen:

           banner "Good luck" Susan

      The words Good luck are displayed on one line, and Susan is displayed
      on a second line.

 WARNINGS    [Toc]    [Back]
      This command is likely to be withdrawn from X/Open standards.
      Applications using this command might not be portable to other
      vendors' platforms.

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      echo(1).

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE    [Toc]    [Back]
      banner: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3


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