Preface xix
Typographic ConventionsShell Prompts
Typeface Meaning Examples
AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files,
and directories;on-screen
computer output
Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
% You have mail.
AaBbCc123 What you type, when
contrasted with on-screen
computer output
%su
Password:
AaBbCc123 Book titles, new wordsor
terms, wordsto be emphasized
Command-line variable;
replacewith a real name or
value
Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.
Todelete a file, type rm filename.
Shell Prompt
C shell machine_name%
C shell superuser machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser #
LOM shell lom>