HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Mainframe Agent Installation and Configuration Guide (TK981-96005, May 2014)

A Command format
Appendix A explains the symbols and syntax elements used in the syntax explanations of commands.
Symbols used in command explanations
The following table shows the symbols used in command explanations.
Table 25 Symbols used in command explanations
ConventionFont for symbol
Separator between multiple items, meaning "or".
Example:
"A|B|C" means "A, B, or C".
| (stroke)
Square brackets enclose an item whose specification is optional.
When multiple items are in the square brackets, either none or one of them
must be selected.
Example:
[A] means that either nothing or A must be specified.
[ ]
Italics are used to indicate a placeholder for some actual text provided by the
user or system.
Italics
Double angle brackets enclose the default value that is assumed by the system
when the corresponding item is omitted.
<< >>
Double parentheses enclose a permitted value range.(( ))
There is one space.
At least n spaces are required.
n
The item immediately preceding this symbol must observe the syntax rules in
the angle brackets that follow this symbol.
~
Angle brackets enclose the syntax rules that must be observed when each item
is specified.
< >
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