Bottom Line

Working at the command line is relatively simple and it expands what your application can do by providing a means to automate it. Most administrators today are so hard pressed for time that fiddling with a GUI is the last thing on their mind, they’d rather type a quick command to get their work done. Using the techniques in this article lets you add any level of command line accessibility required to your next application. Give it a try—you might be amazed at how many people use the feature.

BIO

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced 81 books and over 300 articles to date. The topics range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads down programming. His current project is LINQ for Dummies (scheduled for publication in August 2008), which you can preorder at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470277947/datacservip0f-20/. His technical editing skills have helped over 56 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. You can reach John on the Internet at JMueller@mwt.net and his Web site at: http://www.mwt.net/~jmueller/.