Text Conventions - Nortel Passport 8683POS Using Manual

18 Preface

Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:
angle brackets (< >)
bold Courier text
braces ({})
brackets ([ ])
ellipsis points (. . . )
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Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the
description inside the brackets. Do not type the
brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
ping <ip_address>
ping 192.32.10.12
Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Use the
dinfo
Example: Enter
show ip {alerts|routes}
Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions where
there is more than one option. You must choose only
one of the options. Do not type the braces when
entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
show ip {alerts|routes}
or
show ip alerts
Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do
not type the brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
show ip interfaces [-alerts]
either
show ip interfaces
show ip interfaces -alerts
Indicate that you repeat the last element of the
command as needed.
Example: If the command syntax is
ethernet/2/1 [<parameter> <value>]...
you enter
ethernet/2/1
parameter-value pairs as needed.
, you enter
command.
, you must enter either
, but not both.
show ip routes
, you can enter
or
.
and as many
.
,