Yeah, I recently had to make a bunch of payload files for programming some devices, all the files were mostly the same with only a couple parameters changed. I wrote a script to do it and was done in 20 minutes. That would have taken hours in the GUI. Then when I was putting the files onto flash drives the data protection crap my company uses was blocking part of the transfer because of the extension on the files. So I wrote another script to change the extensions, copy, and change it back. Saved more hours.
Yeah, I’m not a wizard at the command line or anything, but there are so many things that are just quicker and easier. If I run it enough, I’ll copy the command to a script if it’s complicated, or at least save it for reference later.
Well, kind of. I’ve never gotten a fully usable script out of it for anything complicated. Always have to fix it up myself before it works. Usually gives me a decent starting point though.
the real reason why ppl use CLI is how easy it is to automate and repeat things and chain/pipe commands.
you can basically just copy a few commands you typed into a text file and run that script later if you need it more than once.
also most shells have some kind of history. it’s so useful. GUIs don’t have a “do that thing i did last week again” function.
Yeah, I recently had to make a bunch of payload files for programming some devices, all the files were mostly the same with only a couple parameters changed. I wrote a script to do it and was done in 20 minutes. That would have taken hours in the GUI. Then when I was putting the files onto flash drives the data protection crap my company uses was blocking part of the transfer because of the extension on the files. So I wrote another script to change the extensions, copy, and change it back. Saved more hours.
Yeah, I’m not a wizard at the command line or anything, but there are so many things that are just quicker and easier. If I run it enough, I’ll copy the command to a script if it’s complicated, or at least save it for reference later.
AI could possibly improve GUI experience to the new level, but in theory
AI also makes CLI easier to use!
Well, kind of. I’ve never gotten a fully usable script out of it for anything complicated. Always have to fix it up myself before it works. Usually gives me a decent starting point though.