Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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.

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

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

    Kommandozeile, Befehlszeile

    кома́ндная строка́komándnaja stroká

  3. 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

More definitions
  • commands that a user types in order to run an application

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Do you know how to use these command line tools?

    ruВы знаете, как использовать эти средства командной строки? — odexed

    deWeißt du, wie man diese Befehlszeilenwerkzeuge benutzt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Linux experts are able to use the command line.

    ruЗнатоки системы Линукс умеют пользоваться командной строкой. — odexed

Translations

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