UNIX Commands

This document may not include all necessary software commands or procedures. Instead, it may name software tasks and refer you to operating system documentation or the handbook that was shipped with your workstation.

You might need to use supplemental documentation for the following types of information:

•Shutting down the system

•Booting the system

•Configuring devices

•Other basic software procedures

Typographic Conventions

Table 1 describes the meanings of the various typographic styles used in this book.

Typographic Conventions

Typeface or

Meaning

Example

Symbol

 

 

 

This type is used for names of

View the

 

commands, files, and directories used

 

readme.txt file.

AaBbCc123

within the text.

 

 

 

 

It also depicts on-screen computer

>> Main#

 

 

 

output and prompts.

 

 

 

 

 

This bold type appears in command

 

AaBbCc123

examples. It shows text that must be

>> Main# sys

 

typed in exactly as shown.

 

 

This italicized type appears in

To establish a Telnet

 

command examples as a parameter

session, enter:

 

placeholder. Replace the indicated

host# telnet IP-

AaBbCc123

text with the appropriate real name or

address

value when using the command.

 

 

 

 

This also shows book titles, special

Read your User’s

 

terms, or words to be emphasized.

Guide thoroughly.

 

Command items shown inside

 

[ ]

brackets are optional and can be used

host# ls [ -a]

 

or excluded as the situation demands.

 

 

Do not type the brackets.

 

Table 1: Typographic Conventions

 

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