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| The following typographical conventions are used in this guide: | |
| </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">> command arg ...</code></span></dt><dd><p> | |
| A command, typed by the user, and its output. The | |
| “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">></code></span>” character is | |
| the command prompt. | |
| </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="command">command</code></span></dt><dd><p> | |
| The name of a program, when used in a sentence, rather than | |
| in literal input or output. | |
| </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">literal</code></span></dt><dd><p> | |
| Text provided to or received from a computer program. | |
| </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>placeholder</code></em></span></dt><dd><p> | |
| Text that should be replaced with an appropriate value when | |
| typing a command. | |
| </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">\</code></span></dt><dd><p> | |
| At the end of a line in command or program examples, indicates | |
| that a long line of literal input or output continues onto the | |
| next line in the document. | |
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