A/UX® System Administrator's Reference Sections 1M, 7, and 8

Term
Select
Drag
Choose
Action
Position the pointer on an item and click the mouse
button
Position the pointer on an icon, press and hold down
the mouse button while moving the mouse. Release
the mouse button when you reach the desired
position.
Activate a command title in the menu bar. While
holding down the mouse button, drag the pointer to a
command name in the menu and then release the
mouse button. An example is to drag the File menu
down until the command name Open appears
highlighted and then release the mouse button.
Syntax notation
A/UX commands follow a specific order of entry. A typical A/UX
command has this form:
command [flag-option] [argument] ...
The elements of a command have the following meanings.
Element
command
flag-option
argument
Revision C
Description
Is the command name.
Is one or more optional arguments that modify the
command. Most flag-options have the form
[-opt...]
where opt is a letter representing an option.
Commands can take one or more options.
Is a modification or specification of the command;
usually a filename or symbols representing one or
more filenames.
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