A number of style conventions are used throughout this guide. These conventions and examples of their use are shown as follows.
Convention | Example |
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Text that you enter in a command line or shell appears in Courier bold. Press the Enter key after each command. | |
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 |