The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:
/etc/passwd
: filenames and directory
names
placeholder
: replace
placeholder
with the actual value
PATH
: the environment variable PATH
ls, --help
: commands, options,
and parameters
user
: users or
groups
Alt, Alt-F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard
, + : menu items, buttons
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