banner - Print message using big letters
banner [ options ] message …
Banner prints a large message to your screen. Each argument is displayed on a new line by itself. To get multiple words and spaces to print on the same line, enclose them in quotation marks.
Boldface. The character that makes up the “pixel” of each part of a letter is doubled, giving a wide, boldfaced effect.
Sets the character that constitutes a letter’s “pixel”. By default, the pixel is the pound-sign (#). Using “-c *” would change it to a star.
Monospace. Each letter occupies a fixed width. By default, banner displays letters in a proportionally-spaced format.
banner Stupid!
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If the last argument given to banner begins with ‘>’, it redirects the output to the filename that follows.