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      <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN77">4. Typographic
      Conventions</a></h1>

      <p>The following table describes the typographic conventions
      used in this book.</p>

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              <td>The name of commands, files, and directories. On
              screen computer output.</td>

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                <p>Edit your <tt class="FILENAME">.login</tt>
                file.</p>

                <p>Use <tt class="COMMAND">ls -a</tt> to list all
                files.</p>
<pre class="SCREEN">
    You have mail.
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              <td>What you type, when contrasted with on-screen
              computer output.</td>

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<pre class="SCREEN">
    <samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">su</kbd>
    Password:
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              <td>Manual page references.</td>

              <td>Use <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class=
              "REFENTRYTITLE">su</span>(1)</span> to change user
              names.</td>
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              <td>User and group names</td>

              <td>Only <var class="LITERAL">root</var> can do
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              <td>Emphasis</td>

              <td>You <span class="emphasis"><i class=
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              <td>Command line variables; replace with the real
              name or variable.</td>

              <td>To delete a file, type <tt class="COMMAND">rm <tt
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              <td>Environment variables</td>

              <td><var class="ENVAR">$HOME</var> is your home
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