Typographic Conventions

Typeface

Meaning

Examples

 

 

 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files,

 

and directories, or on-screen

 

computer output

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms,

 

words to be emphasized

 

Command-line variable or

 

placeholder. Replace with a real

 

name or value

\ or ^

A backslash at the end of a line

 

indicates that a long code line

 

has been broken in two on a

 

UNIX® system, typically to

 

improve legibility in code. The

 

caret character (^) indicates this

 

on a Microsoft Windows system.

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -ato list all files.

% You have mail.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

SigTest-Directory*

java classname \

[classname_arguments]

java classname ^

[classname_arguments]

Indented code

Indicates a wrapped

or command

continuation from a previous

line

line with no carriage return or

 

return character in the actual

 

code.

java classname

[classname_arguments]

*The top-most SigTest tool installation directory is referred to as SigTest-Directorythroughout the SigTest tool documentation.

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