
xxiv Fabric OS Command Reference
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Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies syntax examples
For readability, command names in the command titles and in the narrative portions of this guide
are presented in mixed letter case, for example, switchShow. In examples, command letter case is
all lowercase.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this document follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-argument, arg Arguments are printed in bold.
[ ] Optional element.
variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined
or
enclosed in angle brackets < >.
... Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]”
value Fixed (literal) values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
--show WWN
| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: --show -mode egress | ingress
\ Backslash indicates a “soft” line break. If a backslash separates two lines of a
command input, enter the entire command at the prompt without the backslash.
Notes, cautions, and warnings
The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
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