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shell(1)                             byobu                            shell(1)

NAME
       shell - Print the message of the day and launch a shell

DESCRIPTION
       shell is a simple script that prints the message of the day (/etc/motd)
       and launches a shell.

       $SHELL will be invoked if it exists.  Otherwise, /bin/sh will be used.

       http://launchpad.net/byobu

AUTHOR
       This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland
       <kirkland@canonical.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by
       others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
       document and the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public
       License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

       The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on Debian/Ubuntu systems, or in
       /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/GPL on Fedora systems, or on the web at
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.

byobu                             11 Feb 2009                         shell(1)

NAME | DESCRIPTION | AUTHOR

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