In the previous chapters of this book, there have been recipes that provide ways of using command-line tools to simplify working with Drupal. There are two contributed projects that provide Drupal with a command-line interface experience.
First, there is Drush. Drush was first created for Drupal 4.7 and has become an integral tool used for day-to-day Drupal operations. However, with Drupal 8 and its integration with Symfony, there came Drupal Console. Drupal Console is a Symfony Console-based application that allows it to reuse more components and integrate more easily with contributed modules.
This chapter contains recipes that will highlight operations that can be simplified using Drush or Console. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to work with your Drupal sites through the command line.
At the time of writing this book, Drush was still the primary tool...
