Why Learn to Use the Linux Command Line?

Is it really necessary to learn to use the Linux command line?

Yes, it's necessary. Here's a brief explanation of why that's the case.

Years ago, computer graphics that today's users take for granted—colors, lines, icons, and windows—represented a very rare, expensive, and specialized technology. Most computer systems did not ship with graphics capability because they were intended to perform office, database, and network-related tasks; such tasks involved the manipulation of letters and numbers, not of pictures and colors. Unix systems, which were common long before MS-DOS or Windows systems became established in the marketplace, were among the workhorse systems designed to manage very large amounts of ...

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