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What Typographic Changes Mean
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
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Appendixes, Glossary, Index, provides additional reference information of
interest to the qualified service-trained maintenance provider.
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
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.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
Shell
C shell prompt
C shell superuser prompt
Bourne shell and Korn shell
prompt
Bourne shell and Korn shell
superuser prompt
SPARCserver 1000 System Service Manual—June 1996
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 User's Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
Prompt
machine_name%
machine_name#
$
#