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# 1.2 Conventions

For this document we use some common conventions.

Bold | is used for options to commands.
Italic | is used to indicate files, directories, commands and program names when they appear in the body of a paragraph.
`Constant Width` | is used in examples to show the contents of files or the output from commands, and to indicate environment variables and keywords in the body of a paragraph.
`Constant Bold` | is used in examples to show input that is typed literally by the user.
[ ] | surrounds optional elements in a description of program syntax. (The brackets themselves should never be typed.)

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