Typographic Conventions; Shell Prompts - Sun Microsystems SunFDDI/P 1.0 User Manual

Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts

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The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Typeface or
Symbol Meaning
The names of commands,
AaBbCc123
files, and directories;
on-screen computer output
What you type, contrasted
AaBbCc123
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
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt
for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Shell
C shell
C shell superuser
Bourne shell and Korn shell
Bourne shell and Korn shell
superuser
SunFDDI/P 1.0 Adapter User's Guide—May 1997
Example
Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
machine_name% You have mail.
machine_name% su
Password:
To delete a file, type rm filename.
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
Prompt
machine_name%
machine_name#
$
#