Part VI:

Games

intro

intro—Introduction to games.

DESCRIPTION

This chapter describes all the games and funny little programs available on the system.

AUTHORS

Look at the header of the manual page for the authors and copyright conditions. Note that these can be different from page to page!

Linux, 24 July 1993

banner

banner—Print large banner on printer.

SYNOPSIS

/usr/games/banner [ -wn ] message ...

DESCRIPTION

banner prints a large, high-quality banner on the standard output. If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its standard input. If -w is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to n, suitable for a narrow terminal. If n is omitted, it defaults to 80.

The output should be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide, with no breaks between the pages. The volume is great enough that you might want a printer or a fast hard-copy terminal, but if you are patient, a decwriter or other 300 baud terminal will do.

BUGS

Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \, ^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", `, and & are funny- looking (but in a useful way).

The -w option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns. The smaller it gets, the grainier the output. Sometimes it runs letters together.

AUTHOR

Mark Horton 6 June 1993

ddate

ddate—Converts boring normal dates to fun Discordian dates.

SYNOPSIS

ddate

DESCRIPTION

ddate prints the date in Discordian date format.

AUTHOR

Druel the Chaotic, a.k.a. Jeremy Johnson (mpython@gnu.ai.mit.edu). Modifications for UNIX by Lee Harvey Oswald Smith, K.S.C. Five tons of flax.

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