Text Conventions - Nortel Passport 8600 Documentation Roadmap

Text conventions

This section describes the text conventions used in the Metro Ethernet
Routing Switch 8600 documentation.
Text conventions provide an explanation of how text is formatted throughout
the customer documentation suite.
angle brackets (< >)
bold Courier
text
braces ({})
brackets ([ ])
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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 you enter the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
ping <ip_address>, you enter
ping 192.32.10.12
Indicates command names and options and text that
you enter.
Example: Use the dinfo command.
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}, you must enter either
show ip alerts or show ip routes, but not
both.
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], you can enter
either show ip interfaces or
show ip interfaces -alerts.
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