banner(1)                           CLIX                           banner(1)



  NAME

    banner - Makes banner displays

  SYNOPSIS

    banner strings

  DESCRIPTION

    The banner command displays its arguments (each up to 10 characters long)
    in large letters on stdout.

  EXAMPLES

    The command

    banner hello there

    will produce the following:


     #    #  ######  #       #        ####
     #    #  #       #       #       #    #
     ######  #####   #       #       #    #
     #    #  #       #       #       #    #
     #    #  #       #       #       #    #
     #    #  ######  ######  ######   ####


      #####  #    #  ######  #####   ######
        #    #    #  #       #    #  #
        #    ######  #####   #    #  #####
        #    #    #  #       #####   #
        #    #    #  #       #   #   #
        #    #    #  ######  #    #  ######


  NOTES

    The banner command will not display characters whose ASCII value is less
    than 40 or greater than 128.

  EXIT VALUES

    The banner command exits with a value of 1 if invoked with no arguments.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: echo(1)




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