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Last edited by starshipeleven; 29 May 2017, 03:30 AM.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostThat's just saying that CLI will never change (and I hope so as I don't like script breakage), does not contradict his first statements that you still need both GUI and CLI.
Why do GUIs keep getting replaced? Answers on a postcard, please...
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Originally posted by ldo17 View PostWhich CLI? The ones that are trendy at the moment, until they fall out of fashion and replaced by something else.
Why do CLIs keep getting replaced? Answers on a postcard, please...
Can I please remind you that there are more shells (which is a command line interface program) than GUIs?
sh, dash, bash, ash, zsh, fish, tcsh, plus all proprietary shells used in commercial products like for example Cisco's or whatever else. Each brand has its own shell with its own commands, the basic ones are kinda similar (also because busibox) but apart from them it's all custom.
And even the POSIX ones have differences so you can't use full features if you want your script to be portable.
What does not change (usually) is the interface within the same shell while it gets updated.
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Originally posted by ldo17 View PostCounting POSIX-incompatible ones? No, you may not.
You didn't specify POSIX anywhere so any shell is fair game.
Anyway, there are like 8 posix-compliant shells (with extensions) if not more, so even if you shifted goalposts my post is still valid.
Not to mention that actual CLI programs can have more/different arguments (like for example busybox vs gnu tools or some CLI tools in embedded distros or MacOS).
WHERE IS YOUR ZOD NOW!!?
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