Sun Microsystems Netra 1290, Administration Manual

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xvi Netra 1290 Server System Administration Guide • May 2006
Using UNIX Commands
This document might not contain information about basic UNIX
®
commands and
procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring
devices. Refer to the following for this information:
■
Software documentation that you received with your system
■
Solaris™ Operating System documentation, which is at:
http://docs.sun.com
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
*
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 .