function box_out()
{
  local s=("$@") b w
  for l in "${s[@]}"; do
    ((w<${#l})) && { b="$l"; w="${#l}"; }
  done
  tput setaf 3
  echo " -${b//?/-}-
| ${b//?/ } |"
  for l in "${s[@]}"; do
    printf '| %s%*s%s |\n' "$(tput setaf 4)" "-$w" "$l" "$(tput setaf 3)"
  done
  echo "| ${b//?/ } |
 -${b//?/-}-"
  tput sgr 0
}

box_out "Welcome!" "This utility tool will help you create the required resources for $(whoami)" "Please review the pre-requisites at the following link before proceeding: " "" "https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-redshift-infrastructure-automation#prerequisites"
echo