Sun Microsystems Ultra 450 Manual page 6

Typographic Conventions
TABLE P–1
Typeface or
Symbol
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
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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 root to do this.
To delete a file, type rm filename.
Prompt
machine_name%
machine_name#
$
#