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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de),
.\" Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
.\"
.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:22 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
.\" Modified Mon Oct 21 17:47:19 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.TH issue 5 2024-06-15 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
issue \- prelogin message and identification file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I /etc/issue
is a text file which contains a message or
system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\[rs]\fP\fIchar\fP
sequences, if supported by the
.BR getty -type
program employed on the system.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/issue
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR motd (5),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR mingetty (8)
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