man5/issue.5

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  27 .TH ISSUE 5 1993-07-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  28 .SH NAME
  29 issue \- prelogin message and identification file
  30 .SH DESCRIPTION
  31 .I /etc/issue
  32 is a text file which contains a message or
  33 system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
  34 It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP
  35 sequences, if supported by the
  36 .BR getty -type
  37 program employed on the system.
  38 .SH FILES
  39 .I /etc/issue
  40 .SH SEE ALSO
  41 .BR motd (5),
  42 .BR agetty (8),
  43 .BR mingetty (8)