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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de),
.\"     Fri Apr  2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993
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.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:22 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
.\" Modified Mon Oct 21 17:47:19 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.TH issue 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
issue \- prelogin message and identification file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I /etc/issue
is a text file which contains a message or
system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP
sequences, if supported by the
.BR getty -type
program employed on the system.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/issue
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR motd (5),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)
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4c1c5274	8	.TH issue 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
fea681da	9	.SH NAME
01d0a447	10	issue \- prelogin message and identification file
fea681da	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
287bfbdb MK	12	.I /etc/issue
287bfbdb MK	13	is a text file which contains a message or
c13182ef	14	system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
31a6818e	15	It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP
c13182ef	16	sequences, if supported by the
27334eaf MK	17	.BR getty -type
27334eaf MK	18	program employed on the system.
fea681da	19	.SH FILES
6998e202	20	.I /etc/issue
47297adb	21	.SH SEE ALSO
27334eaf	22	.BR motd (5),
a61776a4	23	.BR agetty (8),
27334eaf	24	.BR mingetty (8)