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Command Line Interface [[Category:Abbreviations]] [[Category:FAPlist]]
A '''command-line interface''' ('''CLI'''), also known as a '''command-line shell''', is a means of interacting with software via commands – each formatted as a line of text. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user-friendly alternative to the non-interactive mode available with punched cards.
 
For more information, see [[wikipedia:Command-line interface|Wikipedia]]. 
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A command-line interface (CLI), also known as a command-line shell, is a means of interacting with software via commands – each formatted as a line of text. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user-friendly alternative to the non-interactive mode available with punched cards.

For more information, see Wikipedia.