What does "command line" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "command line"?

Common synonyms include: text-based.

noun, verb

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Noun

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."
2
commands that a user types in order to run an application wordnet
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"

Verb

1
Alternative form of command-line. alt-of, alternative
"host1 is one host. the only host that I have been testing this on. via command line it works. via rsh command line it doesn't. via rsh to command prompt, then command lining it, it works."

"I'm so used to the command line that I don't even know how to find things in the GUI."