banner(1)

banner1

Print strings in large letters

Usage

banner string ...

Overview

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

Examples

The command banner openbsd displays:

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

Releases

61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 4 times.

  1. 2.1–2.3
  2. 2.4–2.5
  3. 2.6
  4. 2.7–4.1
  5. 4.2–8.0

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.