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25.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:22 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
26.\" Modified Mon Oct 21 17:47:19 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
27.TH ISSUE 5 1993-07-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28.SH NAME
01d0a447 29issue \- prelogin message and identification file
fea681da 30.SH DESCRIPTION
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31The file
32.I /etc/issue
33is a text file which contains a message or
c13182ef 34system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
31a6818e 35It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP
c13182ef 36sequences, if supported by the
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37.BR getty -type
38program employed on the system.
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39.SH FILES
40/etc/issue
47297adb 41.SH SEE ALSO
27334eaf 42.BR motd (5),
a61776a4 43.BR agetty (8),
27334eaf 44.BR mingetty (8)