Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system and superuser prompts for the C, Bourne, and Korn shells.

TABLE  P-2   Shell Prompts in Command Examples
Shell
Prompt

C shell user prompt  

machine_name%  

C shell superuser (root) prompt  

machine_name#  

Bourne shell and Korn shell user prompt  

$  

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser (root) prompt  

#  


Note - Although the majority of commands can be run without special superuser permissions, some commands can only be performed as root; these commands include: imta dirsync, imta start, imta stop, and imta restart. Other commands that require root privileges are noted within the document.



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