/etc/motd summary

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2014, Bryan Drewery wrote:

> I understand what you're saying, although I've never had someone
> complain to me that they ran 'cmd' literally.

We've had users in the forums type literal strings including the 
prompts.

> On the other hand, the spaces are very unclear that it is even a command
> that can be ran in 'man man' and 'man hier' uses.
>
> The old motd has `cmd' syntax.

Yes...

Okay, another slight variation:
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.vertical