NAME | DESCRIPTION | FILES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

MOTD(5)                       Linux Programmer's Manual                       MOTD(5)

NAME         top

       motd - message of the day

DESCRIPTION         top

       The contents of /etc/motd are displayed by login(1) after a successful login
       but just before it executes the login shell.

       The abbreviation "motd" stands for "message of the day", and this file has
       been traditionally used for exactly that (it requires much less disk space
       than mail to all users).

FILES         top

       /etc/motd

SEE ALSO         top

       login(1), issue(5)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                                 1992-12-29                              MOTD(5)