Introduction to Linux

9. Conventions used in this document

The following typographic and usage conventions occur in this text:

Table 1. Typographic and usage conventions

   
   Text type    Meaning
    "Quoted text"    Quotes from people, quoted computer output.
   

   

terminal view

   Literal computer input and output captured from the terminal, usually rendered with a light grey background.
    command    Name of a command that can be entered on the command line.
    VARIABLE    Name of a variable or pointer to content of a variable, as in $VARNAME .
    option    Option to a command, as in "the -a option to the ls command" .
    argument    Argument to a command, as in "read man ls " .
    prompt     User prompt, usually followed by a command that you type in a terminal window, like in hilda@home> ls -l
   

command options arguments

   

\

   The backslash in a terminal view or command synopsis indicates an unfinished line. In other words, if you see a long command that is cut into multiple lines, \ means "Don't press Enter yet!"
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