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> For now, after much searching in archives and the Internet, I need to
> know definitively if I should hyphenate "command-line utility". I know
> the compound modifier 'command line' can't be misinterpreted
> if it's not
> hyphenated, but I really, really feel the need to hyphenate it anyway.
Generally, in my experience, "command line" as a term is not hyphenated, so
when it is used as a modifier, I don't see why it would need to be
hyphenated. The only place that I saw "command-line" (with the hyphen) in a
Google search is on the Microsoft web site in its XP documentation glossary,
"Command-line reference A-Z."
> I very much look forward to some authorative answers, and any
> references
> as well.
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