About
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)
A cli is started from a terminal
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Execution Mode
- 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://docs.spring.io/spring-shell (More in a shell form)