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1.5. Feedback
Please send any information you may feel important to the following email address:
<hshane[AT]austin.rr.com>, whether you have a correction, addition or update. I welcome
suggestions on how to improve this document.
1.6. Conventions Used in this Document
The following conventions are used in this document and are outlined here for those who may not yet have a
complete understanding of how to access and control the underlying operating system in Linux, which is
usually via the Bash shell.
First, filenames are referenced in a paragraph like so: /path/file
Commands in Linux are executed (or 'called') at the command prompt, otherwise known as the 'command
line.' If you are in the non−graphical (text−based) environment, you will usually be presented with the Bash
shell prompt which is a dollar sign:
$
...or the hash mark:
#
...if you have logged in as root or have otherwise acquired root, or 'superuser' privileges. You can also access
the Bash shell in the X window system, otherwise known as X or X11, with an xterm or similar
X−terminal−emulator. Commands to be performed at the Bash prompt, but referenced in a paragraph of this
document, usually look like this: do this now
Commands and/or the resulting output of commands may also be outlined with screen output in their own
paragraph or heading:
$ date
Sun Jul 27 22:37:11 CDT 2003
When a command is written in front of the Bash prompt (e.g., $ date above), it is assumed the [Return] or
[Enter] key has been pressed after the command, possibly followed by the output on a new line as shown in
the preceding example.
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