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This document uses the following typographic conventions:

audit (5)

An HP-UX manpage. In this example, audit is the name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX Reference. On the web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a hot link to the manpage itself. From the HP-UX command line, you can enter “man audit” or “man 5 audit” to view the manpage. See man (1).

Book Title

The title of a book. On the web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a hot link to the book itself.

ComputerOut

Text displayed by the computer.

Command

A command name, qualified command phrase, daemon, file, or option name.

$

The system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX shells.

#

The superuser prompt.

Variable

The name of a variable that you may replace in a command or function or information in a display that represents several possible values.

[ ] { }

In syntax definitions, square brackets indicate items that are optional and braces indicate items that are required.

(Ctrl+A)

This symbol indicates that you hold down the first named key while pressing the key or mouse button that follows the plus.

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