Command line

noun

Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.nounA shell, a command line interface; usually used with the definite article.

"I'm so used to the command line that I don't even know how to find things in the GUI."

2.nounThe text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface.

3.nounA line of text that is entered at such a prompt.

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