Ask HN: Is CLI pronounced C-L-I or “clee”?

Unlike e.g. SQL (S-Q-L vs "Sequel"), I have only ever heard it referred to as a CLI. Would be confused at anything else.

C-L-I.

But steering the sentence to say "command line" might be even more idiomatic. That is:

"It would be fastest to delete that directory tree from the command line"

would be preferred to:

"It would be fastest to use the C-L-I to delete that directory tree"

In 20 years of professional software development I have never heard anyone say "clee".

CLI or command-line interface. I've never heard anyone call it "clee."

I just say command line if I have to verbally say it.