Conventions
Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
Convention | Meaning | 
Command  | This   | 
  | routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language  | 
  | structures.  | 
variable | The italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being  | 
  | defined. Italic typeface is also used for book titles.  | 
user input | This bold   | 
  | interactive sessions. Output is shown in nonbold,   | 
[ ]  | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line.  | 
...  | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.  | 
man page(x)  | Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names.  | 
GUI element | This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI) elements such  | 
  | as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars, icons, buttons, boxes,  | 
  | fields, and lists.  | 
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