.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de),
.\"     Fri Apr  2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
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.\" 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 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.8"
.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\e\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)