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TypographicConventions

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

Shell Prompts

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt

for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Typefaceor
Symbol Meaning Example
AaBbCc123 The names of commands,
files, and directories;
on-screen computer output
Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
machine_name% You have mail.
AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted
with on-screen computer
output
machine_name% su
Password:
AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder:
replace with a realname or
value
Todelete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or
terms, or words to be
emphasized
Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
Shell Prompt
C shell machine_name%
C shell superuser machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
Bourne shell and Korn shell
superuser #