command-line interface

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interface
noun[C]
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/ˈɪn.tə.feɪs/us
/ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.feɪs/
a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and ...
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They employ acommand-lineinterface, and require writing text files in an appropriate format.
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A conversational interface may appear to have much in common with acommand-lineinterface, and carry with it all the advantages and disadvantages of such an interface.
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The command is used to perform backups and restores of operating systems, drive volumes, files, folders, and applications from acommand-lineinterface.
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Without further modification it boots into acommand-lineinterfaceenvironment.
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This was useful for writing utilities for low-level disc operations, without the user being restricted to acommand-lineinterface.
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It has acommand-lineinterfacerather than a graphical user interface.
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This includes file systems, file and directory manipulation, thecommand-lineinterface, file redirection, console windows, and so on.
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An applet can also be a text area only; providing, for instance, a cross-platformcommand-lineinterfaceto some remote system.
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It has a single executable, which performs both on-the-y indexing and searching, with acommand-lineinterface.
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It provides both acommand-lineinterfaceand a semi-graphical menu mode for browsing.
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Anothercommand-lineinterfaceallows a shell program to launch helper programs, either to launch documents or start a program.
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