Convention

Description

[ ]

Square brackets enclose default responses to system prompts.

^ or Ctrl

The ^ and Ctrl symbols represent the Control key. Keys are indicated in capital letters.

WORD

WORD is a non quoted set of characters shown in italics.

boldface

Commands and keywords are indicated by boldface text that you enter literally as shown.

italics

Italic text indicates arguments for which you supply values.

[x]

An optional element(keyword or argument) is enclosed in square brackets.

|

A vertical line indicates a choice within an optional or required set of keywords or arguments.

[x | y]

Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical line indicate an optional choice.

{x | y}

Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical line indicate a required choice.

[x {y | z}]

Braces and a vertical line within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element.

screen

Examples of information displayed on the screen are set in Courier font.

boldface screen

Examples of text that you must enter are set in Courier bold font.

Angle brackets enclose text that is not printed to the screen, such as passwords.

!

A comment line is indicated by an exclamation point at the beginning of a line.