Typographical Conventions
Convention Example Description
bold text
-noansi
name of program, command, directory, or file
bold characters in quotes
"A"
name to enter as shown, without quotes
courier
setenv TMPDIR
samples of code, or instructions to enter
italic text in a command line
-o filename
place-holder for user-supplied information
square brackets, []
.macro name [list]
encloses optional commands or terms
square brackets [] around boldface default
Specifies char as signed [default].
command or option is the default

For example, in the command description

ccmcore [-cpu=processor] filename

the command ccmcore should be entered as given, the -cpu=processor is optional with the appropriate cpu option replacing processor, and the appropriate file name replacing the word filename.


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