Monospace text
Monospace type indicates code examples and interactive screen
displays.
This typeface indicates UNIX system output or user input,
commands, options, files, directories, utilities, hosts, and users.
In the C programming language, this typeface identifies the
following elements: keywords, the names of independently
compiled external functions and files, syntax summaries, and
references to variables or identifiers introduced in an example.
-
A hyphen at the end of a command format description,
command line, or code line indicates that the command or
statement continues on the following line.
numbers
All numbers in text are assumed to be decimal unless
otherwise noted. Nondecimal radixes—binary, octal, or
hexadecimal—are explicitly indicated.
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