Typographic conventions, Shell prompts – Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 User Manual
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Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Typeface or
Symbol
Meaning
Example
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, contrasted with
on-screen computer output
machine_name% su
Password:
AaBbCc123
Command-line placeholder:
replace with a real name or value
To delete a file, type
rm
filename.
AaBbCc123
Book titles, new words or terms, or
words to be emphasized
Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
Shell Prompts
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the
C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Shell
Prompt
C shell
machine_name%
C shell superuser
machine_name#
x