On 02/07/12 08:02, Chris Liddell wrote:
> Oh, the irony, given my (not entirely serious) comment about returning
> to a CLI world:
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/07/01/218255/has-the-command-line-outstayed-its-welcome
>
>
> Here's one very good reason for for the command line to remain - even
> (or especially!) for total beginners with the system.....
>
> Has any here ever tried to described, step-by-step how to achieve an
> even moderately complicated set of actions in a GUI, either in plain
> text, or over the phone? Compared to telling the person to "open a
> terminal window, and type the following....", describing how to manage
> something in a GUI can be a royal pain!
>
> NOTE: this is not an argument against GUI tools, but an argument for
> ensuring *both* GUI and CLI methods should be available for as many
> operations as is reasonable.
>
> Chris
>
> --
Not to forget that CLI operations are orders of magnitude faster than
via GUI, which, then, may more readily hang ..
A file stuffed full with pre-recorded CLI lines, from which to
cut-&-paste, is truly very handy
Lesz
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