Definition of Command line

1. Noun. Commands that a user types in order to run an application.


Definition of Command line

1. Noun. A shell, a command line interface; (non-gloss definition usually used with the definite article.) ¹

2. Noun. (computing) The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface. ¹

3. Noun. A line of text that is entered at such a prompt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Command Line

comma bacillus
comma bundle of Schultze
comma splice
comma splices
comma tract of Schultze
commaless
commalike
command
command-line interpreter
command economies
command economy
command guidance
command key
command language
command line (current term)
command line interface
command line interfaces
command lines
command module
command overhead
command pattern
command patterns
command performance
command post
command processing overhead
command processing overhead time
command prompt
commandable
commandant

Literary usage of Command line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS(R) Software by SAS Institute (2001)
"These commands can be in the form of 0 command line commands 0 pull-down menu ... Using command line Commands command line commands can be entered in two ..."

2. A Pragmatic Legal Expert System by James Popple (1996)
"—r report Write each report file to “report—area.tex” —w weights Write the weights file to “weights.tex” Figure 3.1: The UNIX command line switches and ..."

3. Isaiah: a New Translation: With a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes by Robert Lowth (1815)
"15 Therefore shall the word of JEHOVAH be indeed unto them, Command upon command, command upon command ; Line upon line, line upon line ; A little here, ..."

4. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"\Shell\Open\Command The command line executed when the user opens a file of ... The %1 argument is the filename passed to the application's command line ..."

5. Base SAS(R) 9.1.3 Procedures Guide, Second Edition, Volumes 1-4 by Sas Institute (2006)
"However, the command-line limit of approximately 80 characters cannot be exceeded. The command-line limit differs slightly for various operating ..."

6. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"The last line is the debugger command line, where you issue debugger ... Entering Commands Enter DATA step debugger commands on the debugger command line. ..."

7. Problem Solving for Tomorrow's World: First Measures of Cross-Curricular by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"In the command Line 20 A 60 A, 20 and 60 can be ^ switched (ie Line 60 A 20 A) ... 1n the command Line A 0 A 40, 0 and 40 can be switched (ie Line A 40 A 0) ..."

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