Symbol Conventions

Convention	Symbol	Description/Example
Mutually exclusive parameters	(Parentheses \| and \| vertical \| bars)	Within a code description, bar separators denote options from which one must be chosen. % data = hdfread (start \| stride \| edge)
Optional parameters	[square brackets]	Within a code description, square brackets denote completely optional commands or parameters. % sed [-n, -quiet]
Variables	<arrow brackets>	Within a code sample, arrow brackets denote a variable that must be replaced with a valid value. % ec2-register <your-s3-bucket>/image.manifest

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