HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes

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Typographic Conventions
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 media,
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 media,
it may be a hot link to the book itself.
Emphasis Text that is emphasized.
Emphasis 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.