February 04, 2008
Bash script of the day
yes bum | xargs banner -w 50

We had two of these running on Friday, in two vertically windowed terminals, with the 2nd window showing "poo". That's a Turner Prize right there, that is.

Posted to Funny by Simon Brunning at February 04, 2008 10:08 AM
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Err, on my Mac that gives me a;

banner: illegal option -- 5
usage: banner [-d] [-t] [-w width] message ...

repeating. Not very exciting I'm afraid. This gives better output;

$ yes bum | xargs banner -w 50


Posted by: Andy Todd on February 5, 2008 11:36 AM

Right you are - thanks, fixed.

Posted by: Simon on February 6, 2008 03:21 PM
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