User guide

Conventions
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For additional information about displaying man pages using the man command, see man(1). In
addition, the apropos command locates man pages based on keywords. For example, to display
a list of man pages that describe disks, type the following on a command line:
apropos disk
For information about setting up and using apropos, see apropos(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 is also 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.