Back in '70s and early '80s, if you used a computer, you used a command line. DOS -- the disk operating system that runs atop IBM PCs -- used a command line interface, and that's what UNIX used too.

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Ok, consider the text editor Pico. If you're in command line Unix/Linux, and you type "pico", suddenly you're presented with a graphical interface (granted, it blows compared to MS Word, etc).

What’s the need for a command line encryption tool if it’s so easy to encrypt and decrypt files using the GUI (other than the fact that some of us just like the character-based interface)?