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# [NAME](#NAME)

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

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**byobu-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.

[*https://byobu.org*](https://byobu.org)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.org> 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*.

11 Feb 2009 byobu

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Document: byobu-shell(1) from byobu 7.23-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu