
Preface xxi
Shell Prompts
TABLE P-1 shows the shell prompts that this manual uses.
Typographic Conventions
TABLE P-2 lists the typographic conventions used in this manual.
TABLE P-1 Shell Prompts
Shell Prompt
C shell machine-name%
C shell superuser machine-name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser #
TABLE P-2 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or
Symbol 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; and command
line variables to be replaced
with a real name or value.
Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
To delete a file, type rm filename.
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