What Typographic Conventions Mean
The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
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. machine_name% 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 User's Guide. These are called class options. Do
not save changes yet. |