.nf
.RB "knuth login: " aeb
.RB "Password: " ********
-.RB "% " date
+.RB "$ " date
Tue Aug 6 23:50:44 CEST 2002
-.RB "% " cal
+.RB "$ " cal
August 2002
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
-.RB "% " ls
+.RB "$ " ls
bin tel
-.RB "% " "ls \-l"
+.RB "$ " "ls \-l"
total 2
drwxrwxr\-x 2 aeb 1024 Aug 6 23:51 bin
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\- 1 aeb 37 Aug 6 23:52 tel
-.RB "% " "cat tel"
+.RB "$ " "cat tel"
maja 0501\-1136285
peter 0136\-7399214
-.RB "% " "cp tel tel2"
-.RB "% " "ls \-l"
+.RB "$ " "cp tel tel2"
+.RB "$ " "ls \-l"
total 3
drwxr\-xr\-x 2 aeb 1024 Aug 6 23:51 bin
\-rw\-r\-\-r\-\- 1 aeb 37 Aug 6 23:52 tel
\-rw\-r\-\-r\-\- 1 aeb 37 Aug 6 23:53 tel2
-.RB "% " "mv tel tel1"
-.RB "% " "ls \-l"
+.RB "$ " "mv tel tel1"
+.RB "$ " "ls \-l"
total 3
drwxr\-xr\-x 2 aeb 1024 Aug 6 23:51 bin
\-rw\-r\-\-r\-\- 1 aeb 37 Aug 6 23:52 tel1
\-rw\-r\-\-r\-\- 1 aeb 37 Aug 6 23:53 tel2
-.RB "% " "diff tel1 tel2"
-.RB "% " "rm tel1"
-.RB "% " "grep maja tel2"
+.RB "$ " "diff tel1 tel2"
+.RB "$ " "rm tel1"
+.RB "$ " "grep maja tel2"
maja 0501\-1136285
-%
+$
.fi
.RE
and here typing Control-D ended the session.
The
-.B "% "
+.B $
here was the command prompt\(emit is the shell's way of indicating
that it is ready for the next command.
The prompt can be customized