{{tag>bash}}

====== Update message of the day (MOTD) ======
Create new bash script under ///etc/update-motd.d///. For example 99-footer file which will be executed after all other files in that directory:

<code bash>
#! /bin/bash

# Ansi color codes
blue="\e[0;94m"
reset="\e[0m"

echo "=== Aliases set up: ==="
# -e enables interpretation of escape sequences so that the colors work
echo -e "${blue}dockip <containerid> - get ip of container${reset}"
</code>

<WRAP center round important 60%>
Script name cannot have an underscore ("_") in its name.
</WRAP>

Try ''figlet'' command for pretty output.
====== Tested on ======
  * Debian 10.8

====== See also ======

====== References ======
  * https://techstop.github.io/bash-script-colors/
  * https://linux.die.net/man/6/figlet