User`s guide

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About This Book
• You can also view man pages by typing man <title> on a command line.
For example, to display the man page for the apropos command, type the following on
a command line:
man apropos
Important system configuration files and commands are documented on man pages.
References in the documentation to these pages include the name of the command and
the section number in which the command is found. For example, “apropos(1)” refers to
the apropos command and indicates that it is found in section 1 of Linux man pages.
For additional information about displaying reference pages using the man command,
see man(1).
Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
Convention Meaning
Command This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files,
routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language
structures.
variable The italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts
being defined. Italic typeface also is used for book titles.
user input This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters
in interactive sessions. Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.
[ ] Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line.
... Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.
man page(x) Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page
names.
GUI element This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI)
elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars,
icons, buttons, boxes, fields, and lists.