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Preface
Notational conventions
This section describes notational conventions used in this book.
bold monospace
In command examples,
bold monospace
identifies input that must be typed exactly as
shown.
monospace
In paragraph text,
monospace
identifies
command names, system calls, and data
structures and types.
In command examples,
monospace
identifies
command output, including error messages.
italic In paragraph text, italic identifies titles of
documents.
In command syntax diagrams, italic identifies
variables that you must provide.
The following command example uses
brackets to indicate that the variable
output_file is optional:
command
input_file [output_file]
Brackets ( [ ] ) In command examples, square brackets
designate optional entries.
Curly brackets ({}),
Pipe (|) In command syntax diagrams, text
surrounded by curly brackets indicates a
choice. The choices available are shown inside
the curly brackets and separated by the pipe
sign (|).
The following command example indicates
that you can enter either
a
or
b
:
command {a | b}