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Noun [English]

Forms: command lines [plural], command-line [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} command line (plural command lines), {{tlb|en|computing}} (computing)
  1. A shell, a command line interface; usually used with the definite article. Wikidata QID: Q189053
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  2. The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface. Translations (text prompt): 命令行 (mìnglìngháng) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 命令列 (mìnglìngliè) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), příkazový řádek [masculine] (Czech), příkazová řádka [feminine] (Czech), opdrachtregel [common-gender] (Dutch), commandoregel [common-gender] (Dutch), komanda linio (Esperanto), komentorivi (Finnish), ligne de commande [feminine] (French), Kommandozeile [feminine] (German), Befehlszeile [feminine] (German), γραμμή εντολής (grammí entolís) [feminine] (Greek), שורת הפקודה (Hebrew), コマンドライン (komandorain) (Japanese), 커맨드 라인 (english: keomaendeu rain) (Korean), 명령(命令)줄 (myeongnyeongjul) (Korean), 명령행 (myeongnyeonghaeng) (alt: 命令行) (Korean), خط فرمان (xatt-e farmân) (Persian), linha de comando [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), linha de comandos [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), text de comandă (Romanian), linie de comandă (linie textuală de comandă) (Romanian), кома́ндная строка́ (komándnaja stroká) [feminine] (Russian), kommandorad [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-command_line-en-noun-~FL8206M Categories (other): Computing Disambiguation of Computing: 28 26 21 25 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'text prompt': 0 76 24
  3. A line of text that is entered at such a prompt. Translations (line of text): komanda linio (Esperanto), kommandorad [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-command_line-en-noun-FGChlSco Categories (other): Computing Disambiguation of Computing: 28 26 21 25 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'line of text': 7 14 79

Verb [English]

Forms: command lines [present, singular, third-person], command lining [participle, present], command lined [participle, past], command lined [past], command-line [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} command line (third-person singular simple present command lines, present participle command lining, simple past and past participle command lined)
  1. Alternative form of command-line. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: command-line
    Sense id: en-command_line-en-verb-2wCCdMDD Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Computing Disambiguation of Computing: 28 26 21 25 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "mìnglìngháng",
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      "sense": "text prompt",
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      "word": "commandoregel"
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      "sense": "text prompt",
      "word": "komanda linio"
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      "sense": "text prompt",
      "word": "komentorivi"
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      "sense": "text prompt",
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      "word": "ligne de commande"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kommandozeile"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Befehlszeile"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "grammí entolís",
      "sense": "text prompt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γραμμή εντολής"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "text prompt",
      "word": "שורת הפקודה"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "コマンドライン"
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      "code": "ko",
      "english": "keomaendeu rain",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "sense": "text prompt",
      "translation": "keomaendeu rain",
      "word": "커맨드 라인"
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      "roman": "myeongnyeongjul",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "xatt-e farmân",
      "sense": "text prompt",
      "word": "خط فرمان"
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      "word": "linha de comando"
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      "word": "linha de comandos"
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      "roman": "komándnaja stroká",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "кома́ндная строка́"
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      "word": "kommandorad"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "line of text",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "kommandorad"
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          "text": "host1 is one host. the only host that I have been testing this on. via command line it works. via rsh command line it doesn't. via rsh to command prompt, then command lining it, it works.",
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          "ref": "2003 November 14, Nobody, “um...help?”, in alt.os.linux.mandrake (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025:",
          "text": "Next, I am on the slow road to nvidia to try for those Linux drivers, already formatted Linux for a clean install so how does the installation go? It seems I will be command lining it for a bit and my documentation is all sparse (non existent) for commands?",
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          "ref": "2004 January 29, Chronocidal Charlie, “Hey! I Built One of Them Thangs”, in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025:",
          "text": "And allowed me to innitiate^([sic]) my first connection to an ISP with LeadHat after two or three years of screwing wtih Linux, still using Windows to connect to Internet and having countless ISP tell me, \"We don't support Linux\" or forcing me to use a Windows interface and dialer to connect.\" and one day my light came on and I command lined a ppp-on and my modem dialed my ISP here in Temple who had told me, \"No way Jose. You ain't gonna be able to get it to work.\"",
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