Command Line

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The command line is a text-based interface used in most operating systems for a variety of tasks including:

Navigating and interacting with the computer’s file system structure.
Running programs or launching applications written in a particular tech stack,
Configuring the command line environment (e.g., aliases and PATH variable).

The command line is also referred to as the command line interface (CLI).

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