Uses of Character User Interface(CUI)
- System Administration: It is extensively used for System Administrative tasks like monitoring system performance, and managing directories and network settings with tools like ‘awk’, ‘ssh’, ‘grep’ etc. via Command Line.
- Scripting and Automation: CUI is best suited for automation and Scripting tasks using shell scripting languages like Bash, Python PowerShell, etc to automate tasks, system maintenance, or manage complex workflows.
- Software Development: Developers all around the world use CUI for managing their project workflow, version control, and coding by using command line tools like Git. CUI also provides developers with very powerful text editors like Vim or Neovim which helps them to perform all the coding or scripting tasks from the CLI only.
- Data Processing and Analysis: It is a popular interface in the Fields of Data Science, Research, etc. Tools like ‘awk’, and ‘sed’ are powerful pattern matching and text-processing tools, while scripting languages like Python and R are used for data manipulation, statistical analysis, and visualization.
- Network and Security: CUI is widely used in configuring networks, monitoring traffic, analyzing logs, incident responding, and vulnerability assessments by both Security Professionals and Network Engineers.
- Server Administration: CUIs are widely used in maintaining remote servers and cloud-based infrastructures with tools like ‘ssh’, and ‘rsync’ to transfer files, access remote servers, install remotely, or execute remote commands.
What is Character User Interface(CUI)?
CUI stands for Character User Interface. This is a user interface where the user interacts with a computer using only a keyboard. In this article, we will understand the use of CUI, some examples of CUI, and more in detail.