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NAME

6       motd - message of the day
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  contents of /etc/motd are displayed by login(1) after a successful
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12       The abbreviation "motd" stands for "message of the day", and this  file
13       has  been  traditionally  used  for exactly that (it requires much less
14       disk space than mail to all users).
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FILES

17       /etc/motd
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SEE ALSO

20       login(1), issue(5)
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COLOPHON

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