Re: straw poll: do you type a command on, at, or in the command line?

Subject: Re: straw poll: do you type a command on, at, or in the command line?
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Elizabeth OShea <elizabeth -dot- oshea -at- virtualaccess -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:48:30 -0800 (PST)

> I've already Googled this one, and the results were:
>
> "on the command line" = about 449,000 hits
> "at the command line" = about 69,400 hits
> "in the command line" = about 65,000 hits
>
> I don't consider 449,000 sufficiently large to be
> authoritative! What do Tech-WRLers think?

I think that context matters and consistency within a
document is more important than adherence to the
global norm.

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immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
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