banner

Print banner text

$ banner [HELLO]

banner text

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.
The tool is useful for creating visual separators in scripts or displaying prominent messages.

Each character is displayed in large format using hash symbols (#) or asterisks. Output is typically several lines tall per character.

Limited to uppercase letters and simple characters. Output width can be very large. Not all systems have banner installed. Modern alternatives (figlet, toilet) offer more fonts and features.

banner has been part of Unix systems since the early days, originally used for printing large banners on line printers in the 1970s.

figlet(6), toilet(1), cowsay(1)