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

Operating system shells

Most operating systems are accessible via a shell – a command line interpreter. In some cases multiple shells are available.

Unix-like

See also: Unix shell

Windows

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

Network routers

Main article: Network router

Other

General-purpose programming

Software debugging

Database development

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

Scientific and engineering software

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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