Command Reference Guide

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banner(1) banner(1)
NAME
banner - make posters in large letters
SYNOPSIS
banner strings
DESCRIPTION
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
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
This command is likely to be withdrawn from X/Open standards.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
echo(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
banner: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3
HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000 − 1 − Section 1−−39
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