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We use the following typographical conventions.

audit(5)

An HP-UX manpage. 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, 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.

Emphasis

Text that is emphasized.

Emphasis

Text that is strongly emphasized.

ComputerOut

Text displayed by the computer.

Command

A command name or qualified command phrase.

Computer

Computer font indicates literal items displayed by the computer. For example: file not found

Filename

Text that shows a filename and/or filepath.

UserInput

Commands and other text that you type.

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.

[ ]

The contents are optional in formats and command descriptions.

{ }

The contents are required in formats and command descriptions. If the contents are a list separated by |, you must choose one of the items

. . .

The preceding element may be repeated an arbitrary number of times.

|

Separates items in a list of choices.

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