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On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 10:53, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>I want to modify my /etc/issue file to display some information such as
terminal/tty number, time, date, etc.</I></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT SIZE="3">I found a list of all the possible commands in the 'Beyond Linux From Scratch Book'.</FONT>
<PRE>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.
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I hope this helps...
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