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Key names are listed as they appear on your keyboard, as in
Enter
and
Esc
(for Escape).
Examples, Notes and Warnings
Examples are focused with
Example:
when appropriate. Notes and
pertinent information are shown with a
Note:
or
Warning!
flag, as in:
Note:
Notes highlight information that might help you to better understand
previous paragraphs. Warnings provide important information that
might seriously affect the integrity of the product or your data.
Command
Linux commands (and other operating system commands, when used)
are represented
this way
. This style should indicate to you that you
can type the word or phrase on the command line and press [Enter] to
invoke a command.
Example:
To use
ls
to view the contents in the current directory,
you would type
ls
in a terminal window.
Filename
Filenames, directory names, paths, and RPM package names are rep-
resented
this way
. This style should indicate that a particular file or
directory exists by that name on your Linux system.
Computer Output
When you see text
in this style
, it indicates text displayed by the
computer on the command line. You will see responses to commands
you typed in, error messages, and interactive prompts for your input
during scripts or programs shown this way.
Example:
Use the
ls
command to display the contents of a direc-
tory:
$ ls
Desktop
about.html
logs
backupfiles
