1.\" $NetBSD: banner.1,v 1.10 2020/04/07 17:57:33 sevan Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" @(#)Copyright (c) 1995, Simon J. Gerraty. 4.\" 5.\" This is free software. It comes with NO WARRANTY. 6.\" Permission to use, modify and distribute this source code 7.\" is granted subject to the following conditions. 8.\" 1/ that the above copyright notice and this notice 9.\" are preserved in all copies and that due credit be given 10.\" to the author. 11.\" 2/ that any changes to this code are clearly commented 12.\" as such so that the author does not get blamed for bugs 13.\" other than his own. 14.\" 15.\" Please send copies of changes and bug-fixes to: 16.\" sjg@zen.void.oz.au 17.\" 18.Dd April 7, 2020 19.Dt BANNER 1 20.Os 21.Sh NAME 22.Nm banner 23.Nd print strings in large letters 24.Sh SYNOPSIS 25.Nm 26.Op Fl l 27.Op Fl b Ar bg 28.Op Fl f Ar fg 29.Ar string ... 30.Sh DESCRIPTION 31.Nm 32prints up to 10 chars of each 33.Ar string 34in large letters on the standard output. 35.Pp 36The options are: 37.Bl -tag -width Ds 38.It Fl b Ar bg 39Use 40.Ar bg 41as the background color (character) rather than the default 42.Dq \ . 43.It Fl f Ar fg 44Use 45.Ar fg 46as the foreground color (character) rather than the default 47.Dq # . 48If 49.Ar fg 50is 51.Dq - , 52then the actual letter being printed is used as the 53foreground color in the same way that LPD does it. 54The results are quite variable. 55.It Fl l 56Use the more attractive LPD font instead of the traditional 57.Nm 58font. 59.El 60.Sh EXIT STATUS 61.Ex -std 62.Sh SEE ALSO 63.Xr banner 6 64.Sh HISTORY 65The 66.Nm 67utility first appeared in 68.Nx 1.2 . 69