issue(5)                      File Formats Manual                     issue(5)

NAME
       issue - prelogin message and identification file

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/issue is a text file which contains a message or system
       identification to be printed before the login prompt.  It may contain
       various @char and \char sequences, if supported by the getty-type
       program employed on the system.

FILES
       /etc/issue

SEE ALSO
       motd(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)

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