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Anatomy of a shell CLI
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Overview
- Software
- Commands Command (computing)
- Punched cards
- Teletype Model 33
- Command-line interpreter Command-line interface
- Operating system
- Software development
- Utilities Utility software
- Automating Automation
- Programs Computer program
- Script Scripting language
- File Computer file
- Desktop metaphor
- Windows
- Text-based
- Menuing Menu (computing)
- DOS Shell
- IBM AIX SMIT
- Keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcut
- Command-line argument parsing
- Getopt
- C POSIX library
- Multics
- PL/I programming language
- MKDIR
- Aliases Alias (command)
- Tcsh
- Case-sensitive
- DOS
- OS/2
Comparison to graphical user interfaces
- Fonts Computer font
- Edit windows Window (computing)
- Icons Icon (computing)
- Drop-down menus Drop-down menu
Types
- Shell Shell (computing)
- Nushell Nushell?action=edit&redlink=1
- DEC's Digital Equipment Corporation
- DIGITAL Command Language
- OpenVMS
- RSX-11
- Unix shells Unix shell
- Sh Bourne shell
- Ksh KornShell
- Csh C shell
- Zsh
- Bash Bash (Unix shell)
- CCP Console Command Processor
- CMD.EXE
- RSTS RSTS/E
- 4OS2
- 4NT / Take Command Take Command Console
- EXPLORER.EXE
- Inter-process communication
- Standard streams
- Named pipes Named pipe
- Wrapper Wrapper function
- Executable file
- MATLAB
- Numerical analysis
- Colossal Cave Adventure
History
- Teleprinter
- Telex
- "glass tty" Dumb terminal
- "Smart" terminals Computer terminal
- Microcomputer revolution
- Time sharing
- Terminal emulator
- Serial ports Serial port
- Bulletin Board System
- Resident monitor
- MIT Computation Center
- Louis Pouzin
- RUNCOM
- Glenda Schroeder
- V6 shell Thompson shell
- Ken Thompson
- Bell Labs
- Almquist shell
- Bourne-again shell
- AppleSoft BASIC
- Apple Macintosh
- Graphical User Interface
- System administrators System administrator
- Computer programming
- Batch processing
- Microsoft
- Windows PowerShell
- .NET Framework
- MinGW
- Cygwin
Usage
- Operating system command shells Operating system shell
- Python Python (programming language)
- Forth Forth (programming language)
- LISP
- Rexx
- BASIC
- Refreshable Braille displays Refreshable Braille display
Anatomy of a shell CLI
- Whitespace characters Whitespace character
- Newline
- Syntax Syntax (programming languages)
- Semantics
- Unix
- Embedded systems
- Nortel
- Juniper Networks
- Cisco Systems
- Enter key
- Defaults Default (computer science)
- Character string
- Verb
- Adverb
- Redirection operator Redirection operator?action=edit&redlink=1
- Vertical bar
- Pipeline Pipeline (Unix)
- PATH PATH (variable)
- Executable
- Execute permission File-system permissions
- Restricted shell
- Network routers Network router
- Modes Mode (user interface)
- MVS
- TSO/E
- Working directory
- Hostname
- Superuser
- Cmd.exe
- %PROMPT%
Command-line interpreter
- Brian W. Kernighan
- Rob Pike
- Interpret Interpreter (computing)
- Data stream
- Language Programming language
- Presentation Manager
- Sense switches Sense switch
- Computer operator
- System console
- CRT Cathode ray tube
- Computer terminals
- VT52
- Application programs Application program
- Compatible Time-Sharing System
- Shell scripts
- Commodore PET
- Apple II
- BBC Micro
- IBM PC
- Globbing
- PARC PARC (company)
- GUI
- Apple Lisa
- GEOS GEOS (16-bit operating system)
- Windows 3.1
- Windows 95
- FreeBSD
- Linux distributions Linux distribution
- Embedded Linux
- Busybox
Scripting
- Scripting Script (computer programming)
- Interpreted programming language
- Shell scripts Shell script
- Batch files Batch file
- Scripting programming languages Scripting programming language
- Eval
- Function Function (programming)
- Perl
- Jython
Other command-line interfaces
- Dialog box
- Diskpart
- Edlin
- Emacs
- King's Quest 1-3 King's Quest
- Text adventure
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)
- Interactive fiction
- Douglas Adams's Douglas Adams
- Devices are files Everything is a file
- E editor E (PC DOS)
- Editors Text editor
- Web apps Web app
- JavaScript
- DuckDuckGo
- Web-based SSH
- Video games
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Nodes309
Edges308
Triples109
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006472
Components1
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Command-line interface
Top relations
related to Operating system command-line interfaces · 22
Command-line interface → Bash, COM, CP/M's CCP, DCL, DEC's DIGITAL Command Language, DEC's RSX-11, DOS, DOS' COMMAND, Examples, EXE, Nushell, OpenVMS, Operating, OS, OS/2, RSTS CLIs, RSX-11, Take Command, Under, Unix
related to history · 19
Command-line interface → As, ASR, Bulletin Board System, CRT-based, Early, From, Later, PC, PC's, PCs, Smart, Some, Sometimes, Teletype Model, The, These, This, TTY, VT52
related to Other command-line interfaces · 12
Command-line interface → BASIC, Calculators, DBase, Editors, Edlin, In, Intel, On, Programs, QBASIC, Take Command, The
related to Scripting · 12
Command-line interface → Conversely, DOS, For, In, Jython, Most, Perl, Python, REXX, Ruby, Some, They
related to Comparison to graphical user interfaces · 6
Command-line interface → Automation, Compared, GUI, It, Since, The
related to Command prompt · 3
Command-line interface → It, On, Unix
related to Application command-line interfaces · 2
Command-line interface → An, Application
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Important terminology
command shell command-line commands used also system line systems user windows program interface options programs dos may interpreter operating unix
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | instance of | including the desktop metaphor | 0.80 | text |
| different fonts or extended edit windows found in a GUI | instance of | The command-line environment may not provide graphical enhancements | 0.80 | text |
| CP/M | instance of | Early microcomputers themselves were based on a command-line interface | 0.80 | text |
| DOS or AppleSoft BASIC | instance of | Early microcomputers themselves were based on a command-line interface | 0.80 | text |
| Bash can be run as a restricted shell | instance of | The Bourne shell and workalikes | 0.80 | text |
| the VT52.All of these devices were purely text based | instance of | but then on early CRT-based computer terminals | 0.80 | text |
| with no ability to display graphics or pictures | instance of | but then on early CRT-based computer terminals | 0.80 | text |
| the Commodore PET | instance of | Unix also had the capability to save and re-run strings of commands as shell scripts which acted like custom commands.The command line was also the main interface for the early… | 0.80 | text |
| Apple II | instance of | Unix also had the capability to save and re-run strings of commands as shell scripts which acted like custom commands.The command line was also the main interface for the early… | 0.80 | text |
| BBC Micro | instance of | Unix also had the capability to save and re-run strings of commands as shell scripts which acted like custom commands.The command line was also the main interface for the early… | 0.80 | text |
| the IBM PC | instance of | When more powerful business-oriented microcomputers arrived with CP/M and later DOS computers | 0.80 | text |
| the command line began to borrow some of the syntax | instance of | When more powerful business-oriented microcomputers arrived with CP/M and later DOS computers | 0.80 | text |
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