What Typographic Changes Mean

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 

% 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, terms, or emphasized words 

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

AaBbCc123 \ aabbccdd

Continuation of a single line of code 

# lmstat -a -c \

/etc/opt/licenses\

/licenses_combined