[Paridel]

Sometimes the command line is a much more powerful tool than the GUI.

Sure, but what does that have to do with Windows/Linux debate? You could have written that in Perl instead of bash shell commands, grep, awk, and sed. (can also get bash/awk/sed/grep for windows, but Perl would probably be easier to maintain and cross platform). Doesn't have to have a GUI to run in Windows and doesn't have to use a CLI to be Linux.

-paridel

[whd23]

Sure, but what does that have to do with Windows/Linux debate? You could have written that in Perl instead of bash shell commands, grep, awk, and sed. (can also get bash/awk/sed/grep for windows, but Perl would probably be easier to maintain and cross platform). Doesn't have to have a GUI to run in Windows and doesn't have to use a CLI to be Linux.

Your confusion comes from not having followed the thread closely. The segment of the thread that I was replying to was discussing Windows/GUI:

"you know why people don't use command lines because command lines were developed when there wasn't a GUI.
the whole idea of GUI is so you don't have to type extra stuff in."

I wasn't taking sides in the Windows/Linux debate, just illustrating the point that the command-line can often times be the better choice.