An XP command which I frequently find myself executing for my users is
the "convert" command. There's no GUI equivalent of that, as far as I know.
Many Linux users prefer the command line to the GUI. I have no doubts
that the command line is very powerful, but others might prefer the
GUI. Well, to each his own.
Robin Laing wrote:
> In my experience the GUI is a major headache for many tasks. It is
> slow and cumbersome. Many times in a week I have to change file names
> or organize data files. I can do this in CLI in seconds. In the GUI
> it take hours. Moving 200 grouped, non-sorted files from one
> directory to another is a simple command in the CLI. In the GUI it
> takes a bunch of pointing and clicking.
>
> Changing directories is also a pain in most GUI's that I have used.
> Especially when there are deep tree's. Also editing files is much
> quicker from a CLI than a GUI. In a term window type in ghex2
> {path}/{filename} and it opens. In the GUI, open application, click
> through all the various folders to get to the correct file and open.
>
> Heck in the CLI, I can open multiple files from different directories
> with one command. The CLI, for me is much quicker and more productive
> than most GUI's. Of course there are some GUI tools that are just
> nicer to use than the CLI, especially when it come to graphics.
>
> One of the first things I do on all installations is put a launcher
> for a terminal window on my application bar. It saves one click of
> the mouse. Yea, I know that I can right click and then left click to
> get to a terminal from the desktop, but that assumes a clear spot on
> the desktop. :)
>
> Heck, even in Windows I use the cmd.exe regularly as I hate explorer
> or whatever it is called.
