[wellylug] modifying /etc/issue

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 10:53, Jamie Dobbs wrote:

> I want to modify my /etc/issue file to display some information such as
> terminal/tty number, time, date, etc.

I found a list of all the possible commands in the 'Beyond Linux From
Scratch Book'.

b   Insert the baudrate of the current line.
d   Insert the current date.
s   Insert the system name, the name of the operating system.
l   Insert the name of the current tty line.
m   Insert the architecture identifier of the machine, e.g. i486
n   Insert the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname.
o   Insert the domainname of the machine.
r   Insert the release number of the kernel, e.g. 2.4.16.
t   Insert the current time.
u   Insert the number of current users logged in.
U   Insert the string "1 user" or "<n> users" where <n> is the
    number of current users logged in.
v   Insert the version of the OS, e.g. the build-date etc.


I hope this helps...


--- Jethro

dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz

homepages.paradise.net.nz/jethroc/

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