I know we all enjoy being nerds and using commands (H4ckerman). But now that everything is either a gui or web based, is there really any use to terminal commands?
For example, on windows I never used powershell or cmd hardly ever. I realize now I probably could have. But Linux just drives me to use it more, which i like anyway (because let’s be honest, it makes us feel superior)
You’ve got plenty of examples of how the command line is more than jus a “cool” way to do things. So I’ll address a couple other issues.
On windows you are discouraged to use command line because that way windows gets more control over what you can do or can’t do. Remember windows is not a neutral piece of software, it’s a company’s business model. On Linux there’s no reason to impede using the command line, all the power to you.
I don’t know if it’s because of my autism, but this strike me as odd. Do people really think like this? I have a certain expertise, that’s computers, and I can use a bunch of different tools to the best of my knowledge to do things. I choose command line or GUI depending on how easy the task is to do in each or the time it takes. Not everyone is trying to show off, it’s just the best tool to use sometimes.
The meme of people feeling superior for using CLI is 30 years old. What you have from op is lazy, out-of-date humor. Like sure, there have always been and will always be a minority of people that upon learning a small bit of something will brag about it (in this case how to use a CLI), but mostly it’s just boomer humor. I wouldn’t take it seriously that there are any people of note who feel superior for using a CLI.
Ah I see, thanks for the explanation. So my autism is not to blame, I’m just out of the loop. I mean, yeah, it’s always funny when you see in a movie they put a command line tool just to make it look like someone is a R34L |-|4c|<3r and they are just doing ls and cd but never really knew it was a thing in general too.
I guess I’ve earned a woosh in the OP’s joke.