banner Command Purpose Writes ASCII character strings in large letters to standard out- put. Syntax banner String Description The banner command writes ASCII character Strings to standard output in large letters. Each line in the output can be up to 10 uppercase or lowercase characters in length. On output, all characters appear in uppercase, with the lowercase input charac- ters appearing smaller than the uppercase input characters. Examples 1. To display a banner at the workstation, enter: banner SMILE! 2. To display more than one word on a line, enclose the text in quotation marks, as follows: banner "Out to" Lunch This displays Out to on one line and Lunch on the next. Implementation Specifics This command is part of Extended Commands in BOS Extensions 1. Files /usr/bin/banner Contains the banner command. Related Information The Input and Output Redirection Overview in AIX Version 3.2 System User's Guide: Base and Devices describes how the operating system processes input and output and how to use redirect and pipe symbols. The echo command.