Technical data

Conventions
The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:
#
A number sign represents the superuser prompt.
% cat
Boldface type in interactive examples indicates
typed user input.
file
Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values,
placeholders, and function argument names.
.
.
.
A vertical ellipsis indicates that a portion of an
example that would normally be present is not
shown.
cat
(1)
A cross-reference to a reference page includes
the appropriate section number in parentheses.
For example, cat
(1) indicates that you can find
information on the cat command in Section 1 of
the reference pages.
cluster
Bold text indicates a term that is defined in the
glossary.
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