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 ISSUE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5) Updated: 1993-07-24Index
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 NAME
issue - prelogin message and identification file
 DESCRIPTION/etc/issue
is a text file which contains a message or
system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
It may contain various @char  and \char 
sequences, if supported by the
getty -type
program employed on the system.
 FILES
/etc/issue
 SEE ALSOmotd(5),
agetty (8),
mingetty (8)
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