Command-line interface

A command-line interface is a way to use a computer program where the user types commands to tell the program what to do.

Command-line Interface Media

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  Screenshot of a sample Bash session in GNOME Terminal 3, Fedora 15

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  Screenshot of Windows PowerShell 1.0, running on Windows Vista

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  A graphical user interface with icons and windows (GEM 1.1 Desktop)

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  GNU Octave's GUI with command-line interface

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  Bourne shell interaction on Version 7 Unix

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  Prompt of a BBC Micro after switch-on or hard reset

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  An MS-DOS command line, illustrating parsing into command and arguments

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  The end of the HELP command output from RT-11SJ displayed on a VT100

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  A Teletype Model 33 ASR teleprinter keyboard with punched tape reader and punch

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  DEC VT52 terminal