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1.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de),
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24.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:22 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
25.\" Modified Mon Oct 21 17:47:19 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
26.TH ISSUE 5 1993-07-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
27.SH NAME
28issue \- pre-login message and identification file
29.SH DESCRIPTION
8478ee02 30The file \fI/etc/issue\fP is a text file which contains a message or
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31system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
32It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP
33sequences, if supported by the
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34.BR getty -type
35program employed on the system.
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36.SH FILES
37/etc/issue
38.SH "SEE ALSO"
27334eaf 39.BR motd (5),
a61776a4 40.BR agetty (8),
27334eaf 41.BR mingetty (8)