Sun Microsystems SPARCengine Ultra AXi Technical Manual page 7

What Typographic Changes Mean
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Typographic Conventions
TABLE P-1
Typeface or
Symbol Meaning
AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files,
and directories; on-screen
computer output
AaBbCc123
What you type, contrasted with
on-screen computer output
AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder:
replace with a real name or
value
AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or
terms, or words to be
emphasized
Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the
C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell and OBP.
Prompts
TABLE P-2
Shell
C shell prompt
C shell superuser prompt
Bourne shell and Korn shell
prompt
Bourne shell and Korn shell
superuser prompt
OBP Prompt
Example
Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
machine_name% You have mail.
machine_name%
Password:
To delete a file, type rm filename.
Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These
are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
Prompt
machine_name%
machine_name#
$
#
ok
su
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