Typographic Conventions - Sun Microsystems 6500 Installation Manual

Typographic Conventions

TABLE P-1
Typeface
AaBbCc123
AaBbCc123
AaBbCc123
Shell Prompts
TABLE P-2
Shell
C shell
C shell superuser
Bourne shell and Korn shell
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser
xii Sun Enterprise 6500/5500/4500 Systems Installation Guide • August 2001
Typographic Conventions
Meaning
The names of commands, files,
and directories; on-screen
computer output
What you type, when
contrasted with on-screen
computer output
Book titles, new words or
terms, words to be emphasized
Command-line variable;
replace with a real name or
value
Shell Prompts
Examples
Edit your.login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
% You have mail.
% su
Password:
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.
Prompt
machine_name%
machine_name#
$
#