command line interface

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command line interface refers to the use of text-based commands in a terminal application to take actions such as install or update software, and is part of setting up most CMSs and running SSGs; due to difficult to remember and easy to typo commands, typically for web developers, and not recommended for any general audience IndieWeb tools or software.

Instead, please consider building web apps and other visual interfaces any IndieWeb projects intended for general audiences.

Criticisms

In General

• https://gilest.org/indie-easy.html

Disastrous with one typo

CLI commands are fragile and easy to get destructively wrong with one typo:

• https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/2/14792442/amazon-s3-outage-cause-typo-internet-server

Data loss too easy

How a Steam bug deleted someone’s entire home directory.

• #3671 Moved ~/.local/share/steam. Ran steam. It deleted everything on system owned by user.

See Also

• user interface