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Command-line Applications
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.. todo:: Explain "Command-line Applications"
Command-line applications, also referred to as
`Console Applications <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_application>`_,
are computer programs designed to be used from a text interface, such as a
`shell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(computing)>`_. Command-line
applications usually accept various inputs as arguments, often referred to as
parameters or sub-commands, as well as options, often referred to as flags or
switches.

Some popular command-line applications include:

* `Grep <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep>`_ - A plain-text data search utility
* `curl <http://curl.haxx.se/>`_ - A tool for data transfer with URL syntax
* `httpie <https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie>`_ - A command line HTTP
client, a user-friendly cURL replacement
* `git <http://git-scm.com/>`_ - A distributed version control system
* `mercurial <http://mercurial.selenic.com/>`_ - A distributed version control
system primarily written in Python

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