Sun Microsystems 2.0 - Manual (Page 10)

x SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996
Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Shell Prompts
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt
for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
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% You have mail.
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 the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
Shell Prompt
C shell machine_name%
C shell superuser machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
Bourne shell and Korn shell
superuser #