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Typographic Conventions

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We use the following typographical conventions:

audit(5)

An HP-UX manpage. audit is the name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX Reference. On the web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a hot link to the manpage itself. From the HP-UX command line, enter “man audit” or “man 5 audit” to view the manpage. See man(1).

Book Title

The title of a book. On the web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a hot link to the book itself.

Emphasis

Text that is emphasized.

Emphasis

Terms defined for the first time or text that is strongly emphasized.

ComputerOut

Text displayed by the computer.

Command

A command name or qualified command phrase.

Computer

Computer font indicates literal items displayed by the computer. For example: file not found

Filename

Text that shows a filename and/or filepath.

UserInput

Commands and other text that you type.

Variable

The name of a variable that you may replace in a command or function or information in a display that represents several possible values.

[ ]

The contents are optional in formats and command descriptions.

{ }

The contents are required in formats and command descriptions. If the contents are a list separated by |, you must choose one of the items

. . .

The preceding element may be repeated an arbitrary number of times.

|

Separates items in a list of choices.

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