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A command line interpreter is a interpreter that executes commands

• at the console in a interactive way via the REPL paradigm
• in a script

A command line interpreter is also known as:

• command line interface (CLI)
• REPL console
• console application (see console)
• Shell

A cli is started from a terminal

Articles Related

Execution Mode

• Interactive Programming - REPL read-eval-print loop execution paradigm
• script

Console

Generally, if a Cli is started:

• in a interactive way (REPL) and without redirecting the standard input and output streams then a console will exist
• in a background or process task (for example by a background job scheduler), then a console will not exist

Parser

• Java:
  • https://github.com/airlift/airline
  • http://jcommander.org/
  • https://docs.spring.io/spring-shell (More in a shell form)
  • vertx command line interface

Documentation / Reference

• Command Line Interface (CLI)