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UX patterns for CLI tools (lucasfcosta.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lysdexic@programming.dev to c/commandline@programming.dev

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[–] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Is this written using chatgpt? Not complaining, just asking

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some good thoughts but hard to read.

IMO it's true that CLI programs often have bad UX, and it's why I really appreciate tldr. I constantly make aliases/wrappers/scripts around programs, or trawl through my Ctrl+R to find the way I did something before even for programs I use on a semi-regular basis. Was it remove or del or delete or uninstall? On a GUI there's just one button to click. Also, tab-completion on commands is great when it's there - I think more programs should aspire to ship autocompletions.