banner
Print large ASCII art text
TLDR
Print banner text
$ banner [HELLO]
Print with a specific width$ banner -w [60] [HELLO]
Print text read from stdin$ echo "[HELLO]" | banner
SYNOPSIS
banner [-w cols] text
DESCRIPTION
banner prints large ASCII art banner text to the terminal. It converts text into large block letters suitable for creating eye-catching messages or headers in terminal output. Each argument is truncated at 10 characters and printed on a separate line.If text is not given on the command line, it is read from stdin. Long text is split across multiple lines at word boundaries when possible.
PARAMETERS
-w cols, --width=cols
Set maximum output width in characters. Default is 132.
INSTALL
sudo apt install sysvbanner
sudo dnf install banner
yay -S sysvbanner
nix profile install nixpkgs#banner
CAVEATS
Output width can be very large at the default setting. Not all systems have banner installed. Modern alternatives (figlet, toilet) offer more fonts and features.
HISTORY
banner has been part of Unix systems since the early days, originally used for printing large banners on line printers in the 1970s.