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Table 2 Conventions NOTATION | DESCRIPTION |
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UPPERCASE | Within syntax descriptions, characters
in uppercase must be entered in exactly the order shown, though
you can enter them in either uppercase or lowercase. For example:
Valid
entries: showjob ShowJob SHOWJOB
Invalid entries: shojwob ShoJob SHOW_JOB | italics | Within syntax descriptions, a word in
italics represents a formal parameter or argument that you must
replace with an actual value. In the following example, you must
replace filename with the name of the file
you want to release: | punctuation | Within syntax descriptions, punctuation
characters (other than brackets, braces, vertical parallel lines,
and ellipses) must be entered exactly as shown. | { } | Within syntax descriptions, braces enclose required elements. When several descriptions are provided, you must select one. In the following example, you must select ON or OFF: | [ ] | Within syntax descriptions, brackets
enclose optional elements. In the following example, brackets around
,TEMP indicate
that the parameter and its delimiter are optional: When
several descriptions with brackets are stacked, you can select any
one of the elements or none. In the following example, you can select
devicename or deviceclass
or neither: SHOWDEV [ devicename ] SHOWDEV [ deviceclass ] | [...] | Within syntax descriptions, a horizontal
ellipsis enclosed in brackets indicates that you can repeatedly
select elements that appear within the immediately preceding pair
of brackets or braces. In the following example, you can select
itemname and its delimiter zero or more
times. Each instance of itemname must
be preceded by a comma: If
a punctuation character precedes the ellipsis, you must use that
character as a delimiter to separate repeated elements. However,
if you select only one element, the delimiter is not required. In
the following example, the comma cannot precede the first instance
of itemname: | |...| | Within syntax descriptions, a horizontal
ellipsis enclosed in parallel vertical lines indicates that you
can select more than one element that appears within the immediately
preceding pair of brackets or braces. However, each element can
be selected only one time. In the following example, you must select
,A or ,B
or ,A,B or ,B,A: If a punctuation character precedes the ellipsis, you must use that character as a delimiter to separate repeated elements. However, if you select only one element, the delimiter is not required. In the following example, you must select A
or B or A,B
or B,A (the first
element is not preceded by a comma): | ... | Within examples, horizontal or vertical
ellipses indicate where portions of the example are omitted. | base prefixes | The prefixes %,
#, and $
specify the numerical base of the value that follows: %num specifies an octal number. #num specifies a decimal number. $num specifies a hexadecimal number. When
no base is specified, decimal is assumed. | CTRL
char | CTRL
char indicates a control character. For
example, CTRL Y
means you have to press the Y
key while holding down the CTRL
key. | Bit (bit:length) | When a parameter contains more than one
piece of data within its bit field, the different data fields are
described in the format Bit (bit:length),
where bit is the first bit in the field
and length is the number of consecutive
bits in the field. For example, Bits (13:3)
indicates bits 13, 14, and 15 (see Figure 1 “bit:length Example”.) | computer font | Denotes information displayed by the
computer (for example, login:),
file names (for example, /usr/include/stdio.h),
and command names (for example, vi). |
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