3THE COMMAND LINE
Command line interfaces let us give direct instructions to our computer. From the command line, we can run programs, search files, create and delete directories, connect to the internet, and do much more. With two exceptions, the applications that we’ll create in this book are all designed to be executed from the command line. In this chapter, we’ll briefly cover the basics of command line interfaces. Feel free to skip this chapter if you already know how to use them.
Unix and Windows
Every operating system comes with a different flavor of a command line interface, but they all have a similar purpose: issuing commands directly ...
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