I know we all enjoy being nerds and using commands (H4ckerman). But now that everything is either a gui or web based, is there really any use to terminal commands?

For example, on windows I never used powershell or cmd hardly ever. I realize now I probably could have. But Linux just drives me to use it more, which i like anyway (because let’s be honest, it makes us feel superior)

  • well@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    I know people who work in windows environments as developers or admins using power shell a lot. They can automate sooo many things through scripting. I work in IT too but this advanced scripting shit is still witchcraft to me. But this is real world usage which makes digital infrastructure management work a lot more efficient. Especially if you have repetitive tasks say on different machines. With GUI you would just be clicking through the same shit over and over again (while slowly loosing your mind).

    • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Hey it’s me! My job is basically spending hours per day writing automations in powershell. Our prod environment encompasses thousands of servers + separate windows server environments for testing and Dev.