# What is Command Line Interface (CLI)?

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What is Command Line Interface (CLI)?

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A CLI is a way to access and utilize a software application using commands and it is text-based. CLI tools like the FATOORA tool can be used in scripts to create automations.  
Sample: `> fatoora validatexml -f (invoicename.xml)`  
In this example, we are naming an application called “fatoora”, in which we want to use the `validatexml` feature with a `-f` command.  
The second part that we add is: (`invoicename.xml`) which is the path and filename of the XML to be validated.