command-line interface

Cisco asserted that Arista could have used its own commands—known in the industry as a command-line interface, or CLI—but instead misappropriated Cisco’s copyrighted technology.

Easy-to-use browsers like Netscape Navigator, first released in 1994, and the rapid adoption of the web suddenly made the internet’s riches available to anyone daunted by its original command-line interface.

Because bots in the minds of most people are this command-line interface type of thing, where it’s pretty low fidelity, it’s all command-based.

Arista and other hardware makers emulate portions of programming instructions used by Cisco, which are issued using what the industry calls a command-line interface, or CLI.

For those comfortable with using the computer’s command-line interface, ExifTool software works on several platforms and has many positive comments from users, but it may not be for the technical novice.