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ISSUE(5)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  ISSUE(5)



NAME
       issue - pre-login message and identification file(1,n)

DESCRIPTION
       The  file(1,n)  /etc/issue is a text file(1,n) which contains a message or system
       identification to be printed before the login(1,3,5) prompt.  It  may  contain
       various @char and \char sequences, if(3,n) supported by getty(1).

FILES
       /etc/issue

SEE ALSO
       getty(1), motd(5)



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