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This list includes notable programs that provide a command-line interface (CLI).

Operating system shells

Main article: Shell (computing)

AmigaOS

  • Amiga CLI/Amiga Shell

Unix-like systems

There are many variants of Unix shell:

Microsoft Windows

Native

Unix/Linux compatibility layer and POSIX subsystem

CP/M

Main article: CP/M

DOS

Main article: DOS
  • COMMAND.COM, the default command-line interpreter
  • 4DOS, a compatible, but more advanced shell by JP Software
  • NDOS, provided with some versions of the Norton Utilities
  • GW-BASIC

OS/2

Main article: OS/2

IBM i

Main article: IBM i

Apple computers

Mobile devices

  • DROS, Java ME platform-based DOS-like shell for smartphones

Network routers

Main article: Network router

Minicomputer CLIs

Other

Programming

Language systems

Debuggers

Scientific and engineering software

Programming languages

Main article: scripting programming language

Database queries

  • sqsh, a shell available with some SQL implementations for database queries and other tasks.
  • Google Shell, a browser-based front-end for Google Search

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) is the primary user interface..."
  2. ^ "...the software that you use whenever you access the router..."
  3. ^ developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript_shells Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine; Comparison of Server-side JavaScript solutions
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