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Old 08-31-2005, 05:31 AM   #1
MSafty
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How Can i Convert From Letters to Asterisk Signs in terminal?


I want to convert the latters that i type to an asterisk signs in terminal,to make something like a banner
if any applaication is exist to do or another way
 
Old 08-31-2005, 11:55 PM   #2
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You can use the banner program
Code:
man banner
 
Old 09-01-2005, 07:01 AM   #3
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Thx man it's working but in solaris only

i ran it on solaris,but when i tried to run it on redhat,i found that no command with that name
 
Old 09-01-2005, 07:21 AM   #4
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Then you'll probably need to install it under RedHat.

Check your install disks, manually download the rpm or install it with YUM (is YUM the redhat equivelent of YAST? not sure as i've never really used redhat) and install it.
 
  


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