> Am I alone in thinking it is perfectly acceptable to ask a non-technical user to open a command line and type something?
I think it is perfectly acceptable t ask, but know that many will balk at the suggestion. It is a reason lot of people give for avoiding Linux, even though for many users CLI interaction need not be any more common there than under Windows these days.
There is flip side to this though: we perhaps shouldn't train users to blindly run commands and code, given how easy to exploit such trust can be.
Also, after running your “command line magic” there are too many out there that will blame you for anything that goes wrong with their PC for the next six months!
I think it is perfectly acceptable t ask, but know that many will balk at the suggestion. It is a reason lot of people give for avoiding Linux, even though for many users CLI interaction need not be any more common there than under Windows these days.
There is flip side to this though: we perhaps shouldn't train users to blindly run commands and code, given how easy to exploit such trust can be.
Also, after running your “command line magic” there are too many out there that will blame you for anything that goes wrong with their PC for the next six months!