I use the command line all the time. Part of my job role involves Network Administration. There are plenty of times when I need to run utilities, commands or simply access information that the currently logged on user does not have permissions to do. I therefore use the runas command all the time to run a program directly or to generate an Internet Explorer window which uses my credentials this can be used to navigate through the machine or network and open as many programs or files as I need without ever logging off the user.

I like using the command line. Just like I enjoy writing all my web pages and apps by hand without using GUI or WYSIWYG tools. But in reality in many cases these tools allow us to complete tasks faster due to our ability to scan large amounts of information at any one time; a skill that command line utilities don't often give you the chance to use.

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:) James Sellwood :)
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