On Sunday 26 August 2012 19:48:34 Gareth de Vaux wrote: > On Sun 2012-08-26 (19:34), Lisi wrote: > > On Sunday 26 August 2012 18:32:23 Gareth de Vaux wrote: > > > $ cat /etc/issue > > > Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid \n \l > > > > What do the \n and \l mean? I have googled, but got nowhere. Well, > > nowhere useful. :-( > > See under ISSUE ESCAPES in the agetty manpage. Thanks!! Lisi