Shell prompts typographic conventions – Sun Microsystems Sun Blade T6300 User Manual
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Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Installation Guide • April 2007
Shell Prompts
Typographic Conventions
Shell
Prompt
C shell
machine-name%
C shell superuser
machine-name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell
$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser
#
Typeface
*
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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
% su
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.