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command-lining

command-lining is the present participle and gerund 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-lining

What is command-lining the present participle and gerund of?
Command-lining is the present participle and gerund of command-line.

Words near command-lining in the dictionary

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

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