command-line
Type to operate
Command-line describes interfaces where users type text commands rather than clicking icons or menus.
A command-line interface or command-line tool operates through typed instructions: You can install it from the command line.
The term evokes technical expertise—command-line users are assumed to know what they're doing.
Often hyphenated as an adjective, unhyphenated as a noun.
At the endpoint
- shellHard outer covering
- promptIncite to action
- cursorOn-screen position indicator
- CLIText-based computer interface
console · bash · PowerShell · DOS · Unix · interpreter · text-based · TTY
Reasoned case or dispute
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- optionAvailable course of action
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- parameterBoundary-setting factor
pipe · redirect · wildcard · glob · escape · quote · semicolon · ampersand
Writing executable commands
- automationSelf-operating system design
- batchQuantity produced together
- aliasAdopted false name
- pathRoute for traveling
executable · history · autocomplete · pipeline · scheduling · parsing · output · input
terminal
At the endpoint
CLI · console · bash · PowerShell · DOS · Unix · interpreter · text-based · TTY · emulator
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
parameter · pipe · redirect · wildcard · glob · escape · quote · semicolon · ampersand · dash
scripting
Writing executable commands
- automationSelf-operating system design
- batchQuantity produced together
- aliasAdopted false name
path · executable · history · autocomplete · pipeline · scheduling · parsing · output · input · logging
cd
Folder-changing command
echo · man · sudo · apt · pip · git · curl · ssh · tar · find
- textplain text, plaintext, text file, text editor, words
- SSHSSH, private key, public key, key pair, keygen
command-linegraphical user interface
Visual computing interaction layer
GUI · point-and-click · graphical interface · drag-and-drop · touchscreen
command-lineuser-friendly interface
Easy-to-navigate system layout
no-code · beginner-friendly · plug-and-play · automated · one-click
command, line, commands, commanded, commanding, commander, commanders, commandment, commandments