term% cat index.txt BANNER(6) Games Manual BANNER(6)
NAME
banner, rot, rnd, bigp - print in large type
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/banner [ -font ] text [ | /usr/games/rot | /usr/games/rnd
height width ]
bigp [ text ]
DESCRIPTION
Banner prints its arguments, one per line, in
# #
# #
# ### # ## ## # ### #### # # # ## ###
# # ## # # ## # # # # # ## # # #
# #### # # # #### # # # # # ####
# # # # # # # # # # ## # # # ##
# ### # #### ### ## ## # #### ### ##
# # #
#### ### #
The font may be selected from /usr/jerq/font (see font(9.5)).
Rot rotates its input clockwise ninety degrees.
banner Sideways | rot
runs down the page, and
banner Upside Down | rot | rot
is disconcerting.
Rnd scales the non-white-space characters in its input by integral
height and width.
Bigp generates banners suitable for printing on a line-printer. Its
output is approximately the same as
banner -defont text | rot | rnd 2 4 .
If no arguments are supplied, bigp creates a banner from the standard
input.
BANNER(6)