Well, I think you need to specify WHICH GUI and WHICH commandline and what exactly you're trying to do. I think the common concensus is that commandlines are VASTLY more powerful and flexible than a GUI, but that a GUI has a much easier learning curve. Course, that's all a case-by-case basis and there's a lot of apples-to-oranges. For example, it would be a lot easier to teach someone who to use a bash commandline to copy files than it would be to teach someone to use the GUI for friggin Photoshop. As for whether something is lost when you use a GUI, consider the fact that the simple 'ls' command has, what, 30+ switches? Yeah, you lose some optins when you go to a GUI. You also gain some things for specific applications. The aforementioned Photoshop, for example. cropping an image visually is a hell of a lot easier than with a GUI (unless you do repeatative batches, of course). On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, r j wrote: > I am taking a tech writing class. I am writing an argument paper citing > the benefits of using the command line VS the GUI. I would appreciate > any opinions you would like to share. > Do you think administration if faster using the command line ? > > How long did it take you to learn the GUI ? > > How long did it take you to learn to use the command line ? > > What are the major benefits of the command line ? > > What are the major benefits of using the GUI ? > > Do you think something was lost when the GUI came out ? > > Thank you for your time. > > Ron, > > -- > > I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was > hell - Harry S Truman > > > > -Yaron --