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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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