Typographic Conventions; Shell Prompts - Sun Microsystems Sun Blade 150 Getting Started Manual

Typographic Conventions

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Typeface
AaBbCc123
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Shell Prompts

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Shell
C shell
C shell superuser
Bourne shell and Korn shell
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser
xiv Sun Blade 150 Getting Started Guide • June 2002

Typographic Conventions

Meaning
The names of commands, files,
and directories; on-screen
computer output
What you type, when contrasted
with on-screen computer output
Book titles, new words or terms,
words to be emphasized.
Replace command-line variables
with real names or values.

Shell Prompts

Examples
Edit your.login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
% You have mail.
% su
Password:
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do replace
command-line variables.
To delete a file, type rm filename.
Prompt
machine-name%
machine-name#
$
#