Command Line Program
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22.1for iPhone, iPad
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About Command Line Program
Command Line Program is a command line program for iOS.
It is not a shell, but a collection of various commands using the greatest UI of all time: the command-line interface.
Use cases to use commands of Command Line Program come from the need that is right now.
For example:
- Check time and timezones of the world.
- Ping a given host or IP address.
- Get local weather.
- Check latest tweets using "tweet" command and tweet latest Astronomy Picture of the Day.
- What is my latitude and longitude right now: use "location" command and there it is.
- Are there cafes nearby: use command "location nearby cafe".
- What is my device's IP address: use "network" command.
- What is the ASCII code of '+': use "ascii" command.
- What was the Astronomy Picture of the Day of Christmas Eve 2012: use "apod" command.
- View latest RSS items of your favourite feeds.
- Get inspiration for the moment from proverbs all over the world.
- And so on and so forth...
Depending on new needs, user wishes or some other trigger, new commands will be implemented.
Over a dozen commands are implemented, including:
- apod, Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA.
- wttr weather info from wttr.in.
- quakes, list latest earthquakes
- ascii, ASCII and extended ASCII, chars 0 - 255.
- copy, Copy output of command to clipboard.
- cowsay, Cow says.
- curl, Get URL content (text/plain & application/json).
- httpheaders, Retrieve and list HTTP headers.
- location, Current location.
- network, Device network info.
- quakes, Show latest earthquakes.
- proverb, Collection of proverbs around the globe (over 40,000).
- pwd, Generate random passwords.
- quote, Collection of various quotes (over 150,000).
- roman, Roman numeral converter and calculator.
- rot13, cipher/decipher text using ROT-13.
- rss, Read RSS feeds.
- sun, Sunrise/sunset time in current location.
- time, Info about time and timezones.
- tweet, Send and search tweets.
- uname, Generate random usernames.
Some features require purchase of Premium features. Premium features are purchase using command "Premium purchase". Command "Premium info" gives more information about Premium features.
It is not a shell, but a collection of various commands using the greatest UI of all time: the command-line interface.
Use cases to use commands of Command Line Program come from the need that is right now.
For example:
- Check time and timezones of the world.
- Ping a given host or IP address.
- Get local weather.
- Check latest tweets using "tweet" command and tweet latest Astronomy Picture of the Day.
- What is my latitude and longitude right now: use "location" command and there it is.
- Are there cafes nearby: use command "location nearby cafe".
- What is my device's IP address: use "network" command.
- What is the ASCII code of '+': use "ascii" command.
- What was the Astronomy Picture of the Day of Christmas Eve 2012: use "apod" command.
- View latest RSS items of your favourite feeds.
- Get inspiration for the moment from proverbs all over the world.
- And so on and so forth...
Depending on new needs, user wishes or some other trigger, new commands will be implemented.
Over a dozen commands are implemented, including:
- apod, Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA.
- wttr weather info from wttr.in.
- quakes, list latest earthquakes
- ascii, ASCII and extended ASCII, chars 0 - 255.
- copy, Copy output of command to clipboard.
- cowsay, Cow says.
- curl, Get URL content (text/plain & application/json).
- httpheaders, Retrieve and list HTTP headers.
- location, Current location.
- network, Device network info.
- quakes, Show latest earthquakes.
- proverb, Collection of proverbs around the globe (over 40,000).
- pwd, Generate random passwords.
- quote, Collection of various quotes (over 150,000).
- roman, Roman numeral converter and calculator.
- rot13, cipher/decipher text using ROT-13.
- rss, Read RSS feeds.
- sun, Sunrise/sunset time in current location.
- time, Info about time and timezones.
- tweet, Send and search tweets.
- uname, Generate random usernames.
Some features require purchase of Premium features. Premium features are purchase using command "Premium purchase". Command "Premium info" gives more information about Premium features.
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What's New in the Latest Version 22.1
Last updated on Nov 6, 2022
Old Versions
- iOS 16.
- Added cidr-command.
- Internal updates.
- Added cidr-command.
- Internal updates.
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Version History
22.1
Nov 6, 2022
- iOS 16.
- Added cidr-command.
- Internal updates.
- Added cidr-command.
- Internal updates.
21.2
Dec 19, 2021
- iOS15.
- Internal updates.
- Internal updates.
21.1
Mar 3, 2021
- iOS 14.
- Minor and internal updates
- Minor and internal updates
20.5
Aug 23, 2020
- Added ping-command.
- Internal updates.
- Internal updates.
20.4
Apr 6, 2020
- Added copy-command to copy command output to clipboard.
- Added time-command to show info about time and timezones.
- Some UI and internal updates.
- Added time-command to show info about time and timezones.
- Some UI and internal updates.
20.3
Mar 30, 2020
- Fixed iPad landscape mode. It now works.
- Improved keyboard toolbar.
- Added rot13-command.
- Some updates and fixes.
- Improved keyboard toolbar.
- Added rot13-command.
- Some updates and fixes.
20.2
Mar 8, 2020
- APOD link fix.
20.1
Feb 23, 2020
- iOS 13.
- Internal changes.
- Barely visible changes.
- Internal changes.
- Barely visible changes.
19.1
Feb 28, 2019
- Added wttr-command for weather, uses wttr.in.
- Landscape (finally...).
- iOS 12.
- Lots of internal updates.
- Landscape (finally...).
- iOS 12.
- Lots of internal updates.
18.4
Sep 25, 2018
- Added convert-command to convert lengths from imperial units to metric and vice versa.
- Internal updates.
- Internal updates.
18.3
Feb 8, 2018
- Added today-command. Shows random event, birth and death from Wikipedia. Includes also arguments to show all events, births and deaths of today.
18.2
Jan 29, 2018
- Added font size setting to Settings-page.
18.1
Jan 18, 2018
- Added tweet-command. Search tweets, send tweets and send latest APOD, quote or proverb.
- Removed unavailable System-cmd info.
- Minor changes.
- Removed unavailable System-cmd info.
- Minor changes.
17.8
Nov 20, 2017
- Added index-argument to RSS-command. Read RSS of specified index.
- Added list-argument to RSS-command. Lists all feeds set in Settings-page.
- Added list-argument to RSS-command. Lists all feeds set in Settings-page.
17.7
Sep 11, 2017
- Added rss-command to read RSS feeds. You can set up your feeds in Settings-page and use "rss all" command to read all feeds you've set up. You can also add rss-command as startup-command and view latest items whenever you open the app.
17.6
Aug 28, 2017
- Added startup-commands. Use Settings-page to set one or more commands to execute when the app starts.
17.5
Aug 23, 2017
- Added Settings-page and several settings for commands. Access: Menu->Settings.
- Premium-purchase now in Settings-page.
- Added Help-command to Menu.
- Internal updates.
- Premium-purchase now in Settings-page.
- Added Help-command to Menu.
- Internal updates.
17.4
Aug 14, 2017
- Readded quakes-command. Uses now USGS earthquake feed to show latest earthquakes.
17.3
Jun 6, 2017
- Changed versioning to YEAR.RELEASE
- Added link to new ttmsg-app to info-command. ttmsg is messaging app based on MQTT.
- Added civil, nautical and astronomical sunrise/sunset times to sun-command (when applicable).
- Removed quakes-command since data source, kuakes.com, doesn't exist anymore. Will be replaced in the future by data from USGS.
- Internal updates.
- Added link to new ttmsg-app to info-command. ttmsg is messaging app based on MQTT.
- Added civil, nautical and astronomical sunrise/sunset times to sun-command (when applicable).
- Removed quakes-command since data source, kuakes.com, doesn't exist anymore. Will be replaced in the future by data from USGS.
- Internal updates.
1.6
Feb 14, 2017
- Arrow up is now showing more than just latest command in command history.
- Added M (Memory)and R (Restore) buttons. Use M to add text from textfield to memory and R to restore text to textfield.
- Updated 3rd party libraries.
- Bug fix. Nearby command now has URL to placemark (if available).
- Added system-command to show information about the device including hardware, locale and screen.
- Added M (Memory)and R (Restore) buttons. Use M to add text from textfield to memory and R to restore text to textfield.
- Updated 3rd party libraries.
- Bug fix. Nearby command now has URL to placemark (if available).
- Added system-command to show information about the device including hardware, locale and screen.
1.5
Feb 8, 2017
- Results of "location nearby" command are now sorted by distance from nearest to farthest.
1.4
Jan 9, 2017
- Added nearby-parameter to location-command. Search nearby points-of-interest.
Example "location nearby cafe" lists nearby cafe-POIs with their address, distance from current location and link to a map.
Example "location nearby cafe" lists nearby cafe-POIs with their address, distance from current location and link to a map.
1.3
Dec 11, 2016
- Added rev and revsay options to proverb and quote commands. Rev reverses text and revsay speaks reversed text (it can be quite funny).
1.2
Oct 24, 2016
- Changed APOD start date from 1.6.1995 to 16.6.1995.
- Does not stop music when saying quote or proverb.
- Added URL schemes clp:// and clp4ios:// to execute commands.
- Added N=number and +=space to username format in uname-command.
- Added quakes-command to show latest earthquakes.
- Added cls-command.
- Updated code to Swift 3.
- Does not stop music when saying quote or proverb.
- Added URL schemes clp:// and clp4ios:// to execute commands.
- Added N=number and +=space to username format in uname-command.
- Added quakes-command to show latest earthquakes.
- Added cls-command.
- Updated code to Swift 3.
1.1
Sep 2, 2016
- Added say-parameter to proverb and quote commands. Speaks the quote/proverb using given locale or default en-GB locale.
- Added link to Bing maps in location-command.
- Added Settings-command.
- Added check for new version when starting the app.
- Added link to Bing maps in location-command.
- Added Settings-command.
- Added check for new version when starting the app.
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Command Line Program.
iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Command Line Program supports English
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