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+If you are a power user you probably use old DOS or new Win32 programs
+designed to be run from the command line where the corresponding options
+are indicated. To start with, many file maintenance jobs are far easier
+when using command line utilities and batch files. The "user-friendly"
+way to do many simple tasks (comparing two directories or copying to the
+disk the relevant modified files of you current programming task, for
+instance) is boring and error prone. Unix-like filters also are still
+very useful.
+
+Any advanced user has a lot of command line programs in her system, but
+if you do not use them very often it is not always easy to remember the
+right option to do something.
+
+Cmd Line Shell is designed to be a shell for any command line program.
+· It provides a common, easily configurable, GUI look to any
+program which takes its options from the command line.
+· It will help you to prepare the command line and launch the
+external program. (You may also copy the command line to use it, say,
+form a batch file.)
+· You do not have to remember the syntax: the available options
+and their use are displayed.
+· You may easily search through your system for the input and
+output files.
+· Your favorite options may be set as new default.
+
+This program is designed to be used, for instance, with
+· the Console utilities by the same author,
+· the PostScript utilities included, for instance, in the
+excellent free implementation of TeX by Christian Schenk: MiKTeX 1.07,
+which is available from CTAN mirrors
+(ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/ and
+ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex),
+· the epstool which comes with the last release of Ghostscript and
+GSview ( http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/),
+· many GNU utilities.
+
+The Definition Files (where the interface is defined) for many of these
+programs are provided (though you might need to change a line to specify
+the directory where your copy of each program is located).
+