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NAME
       issue - prelogin message and identification file


DESCRIPTION
       The file /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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