Learning unix shouldn't be a task or a job. Starting out, it's often best not to learn the more cryptic and powerful commands. Beginning with fun and easy commands begins to give you a feel for the system, how things work, while not bogging you down with too much technical jargon. So, lets begin wtih two easy utils. banner and sysvbanner The banner command has been around for ages, and is great for fun and amusement. ;) For the most part, they perform the same function but output in a different way. Both utils take a string for the user, and output in a banner style. sysvbanner: Takes the normal input string, and outputs in 7 character high letters. This is useful for creating login banners or large text to get user's attention. forced ~$ sysvbanner amuse ## # # # # #### ###### # # ## ## # # # # # # # ## # # # #### ##### ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### #### ###### forced ~$ Ever play with the old Print Shop program? Remember the 8 page long banners it would print out? The 'banner' utility mimicks the old Print Shop banners. For your typical admin, this probably will not be of much help. The following output is slightly modified to help fit on the screen forced /usr/bin$ banner i #### #### #### #### ###### ################################################### ########## ################################################### ############ ################################################### ############## ################################################### ############## ################################################### ############## ################################################### ############ ################################################### ########## ################################################### ###### #### #### forced /usr/bin/$
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