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+.TH sysvbanner 1 "June 30, 2012"
+
+.LO 1
+
+.SH NAME
+.B sysvbanner
+\- display an ASCII art banner text
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B sysvbanner
+.I [message]
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B sysvbanner
+takes a string as argument and outputs it as a large ASCII art banner text. It
+aims to be compatible with the UNIX System V
+.B banner
+program.
+
+.SH HISTORY
+This implementation of
+.B banner
+was posted on the comp.sources.misc newsgroup in early july 1988. The motivation
+behind this version of
+.B banner
+was that the BSD
+.B banner
+program works quite differently.
+.PP
+The
+.B banner
+program appeared in UNIX System V. One of its original uses was to create
+highly visible separator pages for print jobs.
+
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+This implementation of
+.B sysvbanner
+is in the public domain.
+
+.SH AUTHORS
+Brian Wallis
+.I <brw@jim.odr.oz>
+wrote the
+.I sysvbanner
+program.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR banner (1)
+.BR bban (1)
+.BR figlet (1)
+.BR ascii (7)