A command-line interface (CLI) is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks.
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Is the development of CLI apps considered “backwards”?
I am a DBA fledgling with a lot of experience in programming.
I have developed several CLI, non interactive apps that solve some daily repetitive tasks or eliminate the human error from more complex ...
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dynamic table creation in windows form using visual c++ 2010
How to create a table of nxn in a windows form, where n is specified at runtime in a seperate form just before the form including the table.(the second part i can do ,please just help me for the ...
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Best way to build a hierarchy CLI menu?
I want to build a command line interface with menus and sub-menus and eventually the leafs of the tree should be operations like..
bank management -> account management -> add acount (insert account ...
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SVN command line client: checkout refused when LDAP password changed “svn: OPTIONS of” (repo) “authorization failed” (but works in TortoiseSVN)
When using the command line/terminal svn client, a colleague is getting "svn: OPTIONS of " [repo] "...authorization failed" error message when they attempt to checkout the repo to be their local ...
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How can a computer render a CLI/console along with a GUI?
I'm confused when looking into graphics - specifically with operating systems.
I mean, how can a computer render a CLI/console along with a GUI?
GUI's are completely different from text. And how can ...
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Practical size limits of a Hashtable and Dictionary in c#
What are the practical limits for the number of items a C# 4 Dictionary or Hashtable can contain and the total number of bytes these structures can reasonable contain. I'll be working with large ...
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How does a CLI-oriented programmer's workflow differ from a GUI-oriented one?
I've heard a lot about the advantages of doing less programming work in GUI apps and using more command-line tools (especially with regard to getting things done more efficiently). However, since I ...
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How to structure reading of commands given at a(n interactive) CLI prompt?
Let's say I have a program called theprogram (the marketing team was on strike when the product was to be named). I start that program by typing, perhaps not surprisingly, the program name as a ...
