Absolute Positioning

Archive for 'Command-line interfaces' Category

Command-line interfaces

A command-line interface (CLI) is a text tool used to command the computer to perform some operations and provide the end user with desired outputs. The output obtained is also text. The concept of CLI originated from the teletype machine and represented an advance from the punch-card system. Even today, some users prefer CLIs, which [...]

CLI versus GUI

Die-hard graphical user interface fans would probably point out that the CLI is not relevant anymore. However, they forget that graphics and command lines are orthogonal. Text user interfaces and graphic applications like CAD still use the CLI. It is true that GUI interfaces are visual and simple to learn, but CLI is a powerful [...]