Knights Of The Command Line, The

A Mildly Dangerous Sect Of Command Line Interface Worshippers

by Dirk van Deun (dirk@knights.rave.org)
written 03 Jul 1997

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The Order of the Knights of the Command Line is an organisation that aims
to protect the traditions and culture of computing.  They hold as central
beliefs that:  a command line interface is the difference between a
computer and a toy, command line arguments are cool, and batch files and
shell scripts are media for artistic self-expression.

Brussels House, being the First House, was founded on the seventeenth of
March of the year 1997.  Prospective founders of a House (or Chapter) need
to have their Quest approved by the Grand Cursors, the Dukes of the First
House.  A Quest can be porting a piece of software to DOS or Linux, or
anything to further the success of command line interfaces and thwart the
Evil Realm of the Mouse.

At the time of writing there are several Houses in Belgium and Germany;
more Chapters are expected to be founded in the near future.  The Knights
of the Command Line can be reached at http://knights.rave.org.

See also:
  • C Language And Unix System Are Jokes
  • Computers, Earth
  • Computer Jargon Made Easy
  • Unix, Part 1
  • Unix, Part 2
  • Dirk van Deun

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