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command-lines

command-lines is the plural of command-line.

command-lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of command-line.

Meaning of command-line

Verb

command-line (third-person singular simple present command-lines, present participle command-lining, simple past and past participle command-lined)

  1. (informal, transitive) To write (something) in a command line.
    • After 8 years of MacOS, and frequent CLI conversations with the u**x heavy iron up the street, I have a vision where all OS' converge towards a unix-like system where extensions are loaded and dumped on the fly as apps need, which can be command-lined for those who want, or have the GUI of your...1997 April 14, Peter Kerr, “MacOS sucks, get UNIX instead”, in comp.sys.mac.wanted (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025

Questions about command-lines

What is command-lines the plural of?
Command-lines is the plural of command-line.

Words near command-lines in the dictionary

  1. command-line interface
  2. command-line interfaces
  3. command-line interpreter
  4. command-line interpreters
  5. command-lined
  6. command-lines
  7. command-lining
  8. commandability
  9. commandable
  10. commandancy
  11. commandant

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