Command Syntax Conventions; Notes, Cautions, And Warnings; Notice To The Reader - Dell 8 Command Reference Manual

Command syntax conventions

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Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
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Convention
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Notes, cautions, and warnings

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
NOTE
A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.
ATTENTION
An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.
CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
DANGER
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.

Notice to the reader

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Command syntax conventions
Description
Commands and keywords.
Variables for which you supply values.
Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are
optional.
A choice of required keywords appears in braces separated by vertical
bars. You must select one.
Examples of information displayed on the screen.
Nonprinting characters, for example passwords, appear in angle
brackets
Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.
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