> That's actually not quite it. What's so fantastic about the textual interface in Unix is that it is the same packaging[1] for both use and reuse.
That's the reason CLI tools are so powerful, and the reason why json and yaml aren't able to replace them. It's also the reason why human-friendly CLI syntax like Cisco IOS is better than programatic interfaces like the default syntax in Juniper JUNOS.
That's the reason CLI tools are so powerful, and the reason why json and yaml aren't able to replace them. It's also the reason why human-friendly CLI syntax like Cisco IOS is better than programatic interfaces like the default syntax in Juniper JUNOS.