User manual

Preface xiii

Typographic Conventions

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Meaning Examples

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, when contrasted

with on-screen computer output

Password:

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms,

words to be emphasized.

Replace command-line variables

with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User ’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.