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25.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:08:16 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 MOTD 5 1992-12-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28.SH NAME
29motd \- message of the day
30.SH DESCRIPTION
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31The contents of
32.I /etc/motd
33are displayed by
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34.BR login (1)
35after a successful login but just before it executes the login shell.
36
37The abbreviation "motd" stands for "message of the day", and this file
38has been traditionally used for exactly that (it requires much less disk
39space than mail to all users).
40.SH FILES
41/etc/motd
47297adb 42.SH SEE ALSO
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43.BR login (1),
44.BR issue (5)