Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 7 Nov 1993.
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anyone know about a banner command?
alt.ascii-art
· 9 messages · 7 Nov 1993 - 9 Nov 1993
Does anyone know how to use the banner command? I've seen a friend use it , but he refuses to show me how. Is there a nice person out there who would be willing to share with me this information? thank you kelly
In article <160...@netnews.upenn.edu> kel...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kelly E) writes: >Does anyone know how to use the banner command? I've seen a friend use >it , but he refuses to show me how. Is there a nice person out there >who would be willing to share with me this information? Kelly, to use the banner command, type a line of text, like this: banner "pull my" "finger" Then hit your return key. Unix will throw this at you: ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # ## # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### ###### ###### # # # ###### # # # #### ###### ##### # # ## # # # # # # ##### # # # # # ##### # # # # # # # # ### # ##### # # # ## # # # # # # # # # #### ###### # # Yes, Unix is truly amazing. (*)(*) ) .( ( v ) "How can I love you if you won't lie down?" \ |/ cyb...@netcom.com/cyb...@well.sf.ca.us
kel...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kelly E) writes: >Does anyone know how to use the banner command? I've seen a friend use First, find out where it is: whereis banner (most likely it will be in /usr/5bin) then just type: /usr/5bin/banner Your Words Here (if it is in your path you can omit the dir) >it , but he refuses to show me how. Is there a nice person out there Some friend he is. ;-) Susan -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % Susan Loggiodice sst...@nyx.cs.du.edu or olo...@conicit.ve % % % % VRAINN -> Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Neural Nets % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Susan Loggiodice (sst...@nyx10.cs.du.edu) wrote:
: kel...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kelly E) writes:
: >Does anyone know how to use the banner command? I've seen a friend use
: First, find out where it is: whereis banner
: (most likely it will be in /usr/5bin)
: then just type: /usr/5bin/banner Your Words Here
: (if it is in your path you can omit the dir)
On some systems I've seen it replaced with 'bban'
(the better banner program), it will do something like
% bban -tf extra large
way more impressive than that of your friend...
EEEEEEEEEEEE XX XX TTTTTTTTTT RRRRRRRRRR AAAA
EEEEEEEEEEEE XX XX TTTTTTTTTT RRRRRRRRRR AAAA
EE XX XX TT RR RR AA AA
EE XX XX TT RR RR AA AA
EEEEEEEEEE XXXX TT RR RR AA AA
EEEEEEEEEE XXXX TT RR RR AA AA
EE XXXX TT RRRRRRRRRR AAAAAAAAAAAA
EE XXXX TT RRRRRRRRRR AAAAAAAAAAAA
EE XX XX TT RR RR AA AA
EE XX XX TT RR RR AA AA
EEEEEEEEEEEE XX XX TT RR RR AA AA
EEEEEEEEEEEE XX XX TT RR RR AA AA
LL AAAA RRRRRRRRRR GGGGGGGG EEEEEEEEEEEE
LL AAAA RRRRRRRRRR GGGGGGGG EEEEEEEEEEEE
LL AA AA RR RR GG GG EE
LL AA AA RR RR GG GG EE
LL AA AA RR RR GG EEEEEEEEEE
LL AA AA RR RR GG EEEEEEEEEE
LL AAAAAAAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRR GG GGGGGG EE
LL AAAAAAAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRR GG GGGGGG EE
LL AA AA RR RR GG GG EE
LL AA AA RR RR GG GG EE
LLLLLLLLLLLL AA AA RR RR GGGGGGGG EEEEEEEEEEEE
LLLLLLLLLLLL AA AA RR RR GGGGGGGG EEEEEEEEEEEE
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In article <cyb...@netcom.com>, cyb...@netcom.com (Keely M. Swenson) writes:
|> In article <160...@netnews.upenn.edu> kel...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kelly E) writes:
|> >Does anyone know how to use the banner command? I've seen a friend use
|> >it , but he refuses to show me how. Is there a nice person out there
|> >who would be willing to share with me this information?
|>
|> Kelly, to use the banner command, type a line of text, like this:
|>
|> banner "pull my" "finger"
|>
|> Then hit your return key. Unix will throw this at you:
|>
|>
|> ##### # # # # # # # #
|> # # # # # # ## ## # #
|> # # # # # # # ## # #
|> ##### # # # # # # #
|> # # # # # # # #
|> # #### ###### ###### # # #
|>
|>
|> ###### # # # #### ###### #####
|> # # ## # # # # # #
|> ##### # # # # # ##### # #
|> # # # # # # ### # #####
|> # # # ## # # # # #
|> # # # # #### ###### # #
Of course, you get much better results with Figlet:
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PPPP l l ff !!!
P P l l f ii !!!
PPPP u u l l mmmm y y fff nnn ggg eee rrr !!!
P u u l l m m m y y f ii n n g g e e r
P uuu l l m m m yyy f ii n n ggg ee r !!!
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Some time last month, an article was posted here about Figlet.
If there is interest, I'm sure the creators of Figlet can tell you
all how to get it.
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jeff findley (spf...@sgife22.sdrc.com) wrote: : Of course, you get much better results with Figlet: : _____ _ _ __ _ _ : | __ \ | | | / _(_) | | : | |__) | _| | | _ __ ___ _ _ | |_ _ _ __ __ _ ___ _ __| | : | ___/ | | | | | | '_ ` _ \| | | | | _| | '_ \ / _` |/ _ \ '__| | : | | | |_| | | | | | | | | | |_| | | | | | | | | (_| | __/ | |_| : |_| \__,_|_|_| |_| |_| |_|\__, | |_| |_|_| |_|\__, |\___|_| (_) : __/ | __/ | : |___/ |___/ This looks like a fun little program. Can anyone tell me how to get a copy! Thanks in advance. -- Dan Gould gou...@waterloo.hp.com
Or, try "man banner". People don't use stuff at their access enough.*sigh*
In article <474...@heimdall.sdrc.com>, jeff findley <jef...@sdrc.com> wrote: | Some time last month, an article was posted here about Figlet. | If there is interest, I'm sure the creators of Figlet can tell you | all how to get it. Okay, I'm interested. Must have missed that post. :) Normally not into ASCII pics but aware of the fun that a Truely Obnoxious banner program can be, ------------------------------------------------------- Dianne Kyra Hackborn The healthy .sig: hac...@xanth.cs.orst.edu - Low in saturated quotes BIX: dhack / IRC: Dianne - No artificial disclaimers Oregon State University - 99% splat free
In article <2bm...@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>,
hac...@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Dianne Hackborn) writes:
|> In article <474...@heimdall.sdrc.com>,
|> jeff findley <jef...@sdrc.com> wrote:
|> | Some time last month, an article was posted here about Figlet.
|> | If there is interest, I'm sure the creators of Figlet can tell you
|> | all how to get it.
|>
|> Okay, I'm interested. Must have missed that post. :)
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| |_ | |/ _` | |/ _ \ __|
| _| | | (_| | | __/ |_
|_| |_|\__, |_|\___|\__|
|___/
To obtain Figlet, send email to spe...@uiuc.edu (Ian Chai) with a subject
line like "I would like Figlet" and a short message that includes your
correct e-mail address.
Jeff
-- _______________________________________________________________________
/ \
/ The opinions above are my own and do not reflect the opinions of SDRC. \
/ \
| The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of |
| altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their |
| views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the |
| facts that needs altering. -- Doctor Who, "Face of Evil" |
\ /
\ Jef...@sdrc.com SDRC, 2000 Eastman Drive, Cincinnati OH 45150 /
\_______________________________________________________________________/
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