banner(1)

print strings in large letters

NAME

banner – print strings in large letters

SYNOPSIS

banner string ...

DESCRIPTION

banner prints up to 10 characters of each string in large letters on the standard output.

EXAMPLES

The command banner openbsd displays:

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

SEE ALSO

History

OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01) to OpenBSD 4.2: the text shown here
OpenBSD 4.1 to OpenBSD 2.7
OpenBSD 2.6
OpenBSD 2.5 to OpenBSD 2.4
OpenBSD 2.3 to OpenBSD 2.1