Notation Conventions
 
 
 

A number of style conventions are used throughout this guide. These conventions and examples of their use are shown as follows.

Convention Example
Text that you enter in a command line or shell appears in Courier bold. Press the Enter key after each command. install rpm -qa
Variable names appear in Courier, enclosed in angle brackets. <filename>
Feedback from the command line or shell appears in Courier. limit coredumpsize
Directory names, filenames, URLs, and command line utilities appear in italics. /usr/discreet