Sun Microsystems 8190994 manual Shell Prompts in Command Examples, Symbol Conventions

Preface

TABLE P–4Typographic Conventions		(Continued)
Typeface	Meaning		Example
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be		Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

emphasized (note that some emphasized

items appear bold online)

A cache is a copy that is stored locally.

Do not save the file.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows default system prompts and superuser prompts.

TABLE P–5Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell on UNIX and Linux systems	machine_name%
C shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell on UNIX and Linux systems	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems	#
Microsoft Windows command line	C:\

Symbol Conventions

The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.

	TABLE P–6	Symbol Conventions
	Symbol	Description	Example	Meaning
	[ ]	Contains optional arguments	ls [-l]	The -l option is not required.
		and command options.
	{ }	Contains a set of choices for a	-d {yn}	The -d option requires that you use
		required command option.		either the y argument or the n
				argument.
	${ }	Indicates a variable	${com.sun.javaRoot}	References the value of the
		reference.		com.sun.javaRoot variable.
	-	Joins simultaneous multiple	Control-A	Press the Control key while you press
		keystrokes.		the A key.
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