Typographic Conventions

TABLE P-1Typographic Conventions

Typeface or

 

 

Symbol

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output.

Edit your .login file. Use ls -ato list all files. % You have mail.

AaBbCc123 What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output.

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value.

%su Password:

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

TABLE P-2Shell Prompts

Shell

Prompt

 

 

C shell

machine_name%

C shell superuser

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#

 

 

vi Sun StorEdge A3500 Hardware Configuration Guide • September 1998

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