Sun Microsystems 2000E What Typographic Changes Mean, Shell Prompts in Command Examples

What Typographic Changes Mean

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

Table P-2Typographic Conventions

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

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -ato list all files.

machine_name% You have mail.

machine_name% su

Password:

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

To delete a file, type rm filename.

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

Read Chapter 6 in User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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

Table P-3Shell Prompts

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

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