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NAME

6       issue - prelogin message and identification file
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DESCRIPTION

9       /etc/issue  is a text file which contains a message or system identifi‐
10       cation to be printed before the login prompt.  It may  contain  various
11       @char  and  \char sequences, if supported by the getty-type program em‐
12       ployed on the system.
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FILES

15       /etc/issue
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SEE ALSO

18       motd(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)
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