dotKer Member Joined Aug 16, 2019 Messages 69 Reaction score 14 Credits 0 Sep 29, 2019 #1 The below is coming from shell script Code: dotker@dotker:~$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS \n \l Ubuntu 18.04.3 is version name LTS means Long Term Support What does it mean by "n" and "\l" each?
The below is coming from shell script Code: dotker@dotker:~$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS \n \l Ubuntu 18.04.3 is version name LTS means Long Term Support What does it mean by "n" and "\l" each?
JasKinasis Super Moderator Staff member Gold Supporter Joined Apr 25, 2017 Messages 1,861 Reaction score 2,720 Credits 16,092 Oct 1, 2019 #2 In the context of /etc/issue - which can be used to display a particular message at login: \n is the hostname and \l is the current tty line. Ref: http://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/logon.html https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-change-login-message/
In the context of /etc/issue - which can be used to display a particular message at login: \n is the hostname and \l is the current tty line. Ref: http://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/logon.html https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-change-login-message/