command line

English

Noun

command line (plural command lines) (computing)

2. A shell, a command line interface; usually used with the definite article.

   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.

3. The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface.

   Type the following at the command line: du -s -h.

4. A line of text that is entered at such a prompt.

   Use the following command line to compile a file without linking: gcc -c main.c -o main.o

Translations

text prompt

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 命令行 (mìnglìngháng) (Mainland China), 命令列 (mìnglìngliè) (Taiwan, Hong Kong)

• Czech: příkazový řádek m, příkazová řádka f
• Dutch: opdrachtregel c, commandoregel (nl) c
• Esperanto: komanda linio
• Finnish: komentorivi (fi)
• French: ligne de commande (fr) f
• German: Kommandozeile (de) f, Befehlszeile f
• Greek: γραμμή εντολής (el) f (grammí entolís)
• Hebrew: שורת הפקודה
• Japanese: コマンドライン (komandorain)
• Persian: خط فرمان (xatt-e farmân)
• Portuguese: linha de comando f (Brazil), linha de comandos f (Portugal)
• Romanian: text de comandă, linie de comandă (linie textuală de comandă)
• Russian: кома́ндная строка́ (ru) f (komándnaja stroká)
• Swedish: kommandorad c

line of text

• Esperanto: komanda linio
• Swedish: kommandorad c