These conventions should be obvious, but we'll include them here for the pedantic.
ls -l <foo>where <foo> would ``stand for'' a filename, such as /bin/cp.
$ls -l /bin/cp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 12104 Sep 25 15:53 /bin/cp
Also used for code examples, whether it is C code, a shell script, or something else, and to display general files, such as configuration files. When necessary for clarity's sake, these examples or figures will be enclosed in thin boxes.
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