What Typographic Changes Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes 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% test.doc.

 

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.

You must be root to do this.  




Copyright © 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.