Apple Xsan 2 - Manual (Page 14)

14 Preface About this book
Notation conventions
The following conventions are used in this book where command-line tools are described.
Notation Indicates
fixed-width font A command or other text entered in a Terminal
window
$ A shell prompt
[text_in_brackets] An optional parameter
(one|other) Alternative parameters (enter one or the other)
italicized A parameter you must replace with a value
[...] A parameter that can be repeated
A displayed value that depends on your SAN
configuration