banner — Make Posters
Synopsis
/usr/bin/banner strings
Description
banner prints its arguments in large letters on the standard output, one argument per line, up to a maximum of 10 characters.
Examples
The following example prints happy birthday.
castle% banner happy birthday
# # ## ##### ##### # #
# # # # # # # # # #
###### # # # # # # #
# # ###### ##### ##### #
# # # # # # #
# # # # # # #
##### # ##### ##### # # ##### ## # #
# # # # # # # # # # # # # #
##### # # # # ###### # # # # #
# # # ##### # # # # # ###### #
# # # # # # # # # # # # #
##### # # # # # # ##### # # #
castle%
In the following example, the word congratulations is 14 characters, so only the first 10 characters are displayed.
castle% banner congratulations #### #### # ...
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