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The terms '''command-line interpreter''', '''command line shell''', '''command language interpreter''', or identical abbreviation '''CLI''', are applied to computer programs designed to interpret a sequence of lines of text which may be entered by a user, read from a file or another kind of data stream.

== Description ==

The context of interpretation is usually one of a given operating system or programming language.

Command-line interpreters allow users to issue various commands in a very efficient (and often terse) way.

This requires the user to know the names of the commands and their parameters, and the syntax of the language that is interpreted.

== See also ==

* [[Unix shell]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface Command-line interface] @ Wikipedia