command line
Where hackers type
The command line is a text-based interface for interacting with a computer, where users type instructions rather than clicking icons or menus.
It offers direct control over system operations and remains essential for programming, system administration, and tasks requiring precision or automation: You can install the package from the command line.
Also called the terminal or shell.
At the endpoint
- shellHard outer covering
- consoleComfort in distress
- CLIText-based computer interface
- promptIncite to action
cursor · bash · PowerShell · Unix · Linux · Windows · macOS · DOS
Folder-changing command
- treeWoody perennial plant
- pathRoute for traveling
- folderContainer for loose papers
- directoryFile system container
root · home · parent · filesystem · mount · drive · locate · find
terminal
At the endpoint
prompt · cursor · bash · PowerShell · Unix · Linux · Windows · macOS · DOS · text-based
cd
Folder-changing command
directory · root · home · parent · filesystem · mount · drive · locate · find · grep
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
switch · path · directory · wildcard · operator · string · expression · delimiter · escape · quote
run
Move swiftly on foot
script · batch · process · output · return · background · foreground · daemon · kill · terminate
- DOS ComputingMS-DOS, DOS, DOS prompt, CONFIG.SYS, batch file
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- softwaresoftware, app, apps, application, program
- setupsetting up, installation, assembling, installing, initialization
- interfacesGUI, CLI, API, click, mouse
- programmingvariables, functions, for, function, debugger
command linegraphical user interface
Visual computing interaction layer
GUI · windows · desktop environment · touchscreen interface · touch interface
line, command, commanding, commander, commanded, commands, commanders, commandment, commandments