On Wed, 30 May 2001, Leah Cunningham wrote: lc> The banner command is found included in the bsdgames package in the lc> 'fun' section of packages. It is a little different from the lc> Solaris version. If you install the 'games' selection of software lc> you will get this program, or you can manually make sure that lc> bsdgames is installed. lc> Take a look at the figlet package, also within the fun section. Not sure how extensive banner is, but I recall using figlet to create a wide array of signature styles like below. lc> Martin Mielke (martinm@people-com.com) [010530 03:49]: lc> - > Hello, lc> - > lc> - > > Does anybody know how can i use the command "banner" ? lc> - > lc> - > martinm@hips-12:45:16-~ > banner hello lc> - > lc> - > # # ###### # # #### lc> - > # # # # # # # lc> - > ###### ##### # # # # lc> - > # # # # # # # lc> - > # # # # # # # lc> - > # # ###### ###### ###### #### lc> - > lc> - > This command was issued under Solaris but I'm not pretty sure if it also lc> - > exists for Linux... :-? lc> - > lc> - > lc> -- S.Toms - smotrs@mindspring.com - www.mindspring.com/~smotrs SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.18 Accordion, n.: A bagpipe with pleats.