> Question is, is it necessary for programming? Why, yes? > Not useful, but necessary for a beginner to touch the command line? Do you understand that you're

> Question is, is it necessary for programming? Why, yes? > Not useful, but necessary for a beginner to touch the command line? Do you understand that you're asking if a beginner needs to run or pass a setting or even automate any operation that's relevant to programming? I repeat, a CLI is an interface. It's an interface to perform an action and/or pass a setting. That's it. What warrants this irrational opposition to an interface?