Typographic conventions, Shell prompts, Typographic conventions shell prompts – Sun Microsystems FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 816-0830-12 User Manual

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Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 Installation and Configuration Guide • October 2001

Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts

TABLE P-1

Typeface

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files,
and directories; on-screen
computer output

Edit your

.login

file.

Use

ls -a

to list all files.

% You have mail

.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when
contrasted with on-screen
computer output

%

su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms,
words to be emphasized

Command-line variable; replace
with a real name or value

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type

rm

filename.

TABLE P-2

Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine_name

%

C shell superuser

machine_name

#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#

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