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Here is the question revised.
Give two examples of CLI specific applications and explain why these examples benefit from being CLI based.
Question is un-clear. Give an idea of just what you are after or trying to determine.
Command line was the first way it was done.
Graphical is the newer way it is done. The advantage is to make it easier for novice users to implement.
That's it in a nut shell.
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Command line is way better to execute program$ you have written or to get around your $y$tem. GUI i$ for people who have no clus a$ to what they are doing or where to do it. DO$ is weak, LINUX i$ the O$ of the future
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Command line is way better to execute program$ you have written or to get around your $y$tem. GUI i$ for people who have no clue a$ to what they are doing or where to do it. DO$ is weak, LINUX i$ the O$ of the future
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Command line is way better to execute program$ you have written or to get around your $y$tem. GUI i$ for people who have no clue a$ to what they are doing or where to do it. DO$ i$ weak, LINUX i$ the O$ of the future
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First it is called the command line because what ever is entered on the line gets input to a command interpreter. In a windows application it is no different. The only thing different is the visual difference between the two.
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CLI - "Command-Line Interface" is advantageous over GUI (Graphicl User Interface) programs in one very important aspect -- system resources. CLI's take far less system CPU, RAM, HD, video, etc. resources to run than any GUI-based application.
Another important plus for CLI's -- response time. CLI's can run much faster than GUI-based apps because they have far fewer instructions to carry out, depending on the application.
Two classic examples of command-line apps are
COPY and ERASE. The names are self explanatory. MS-DOS 2.11 can accomplish the exact same copy and erase tasks that Windows 98's Explorer can (just instead of being able to select multiple files you would need to enter "wild cards" into the DOS commands).MS-DOS 2.11 can copy and erase files on an 8088 PC. Can Windows 98 copy and erase on an 8088? I don't think so.
So, there is the contrast between CLI's and GUI's.
Here's a question to the masses: How much hardware do YOU need to copy and erase files?
Dan
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Not all of us are lucky enough to have a 8088, I will have to make do with a modern machine.
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