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Meaning of command line | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A shell, a command line interface; usually used with the definite article.
  2. The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface.
  3. A line of text that is entered at such a prompt.

Equivalents

Examples

“I'm so used to the command line that I don't even know how to find things in the GUI.”
“The command line offers a lot of helpful features, such as tab completion and wildcard expansion.”
“Type the following at the command line: du -s -h.”
“Use the following command line to compile a file without linking: gcc -c main.c -o main.o”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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