Sun Microsystems Sun Quad manual Typographic Conventions, Shell Prompts

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Typeface or
Symbol	Meaning	Example

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output

AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -ato list all files.

You have mail.

machine_name% su

Password:

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell	#
superuser

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