2. Typographic Conventions

2. Typographic Conventions
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This table describes the typographic conventions used in this book.

Meaning	Examples
The names of commands.	Use `ls -l` to list all files.
The names of files.	Edit `.login`.
On-screen computer output.	You have mail.
What the user types, contrasted with on-screen computer output.	`%` `date +"The time is %H:%M"` The time is 09:18
Manual page references.	Use su(1) to change user identity.
User and group names.	Only `root` can do this.
Emphasis.	The user must do this.
Text that the user is expected to replace with the actual text.	To search for a keyword in the manual pages, type `man -k keyword`
Environment variables.	`$HOME` is set to the user's home directory.

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