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Inside Macintosh: Mac OS Runtime Architectures /: Preface - About This Book / Conventions Used in This Book

Command Syntax
This book uses the following syntax conventions:
literal Letter Gothic text indicates a word that must appear exactly as shown.
italics Italics indicate a parameter that you must replace with anything that matches the parameter's definition.
[ ] Brackets indicate that the enclosed item is optional.
. . . Ellipses (. . .) indicate that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times.
| A vertical bar (|) indicates an either/or choice.

`literal`	Letter Gothic text indicates a word that must appear exactly as shown.
italics	Italics indicate a parameter that you must replace with anything that matches the parameter's definition.
[ ]	Brackets indicate that the enclosed item is optional.
. . .	Ellipses (. . .) indicate that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times.
\|	A vertical bar (\|) indicates an either/or choice.