Typographic Conventions - Sun Microsystems SPARCstorage DLT 4000 Manual

Shell Prompts

Typographic Conventions

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
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Typeface or
Symbol Meaning
The names of commands,
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files, and directories;
on-screen computer output
What you type, contrasted
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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
Preface
Prompt
machine_name%
machine_name#
$
#
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.
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