Hyphen in command-line utility?

["Sonja McShane" <sonja -dot- mcshane -at- str -dot- com -dot- au>]

Hello,

 

I've just resubscribed after many years away from this list and very
much look forward to being part of it again.

 

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.

 

I very much look forward to some authorative answers, and any references
as well.

 

Thanks very much,

Sonja

 

Sonja McShane

Senior Technical Writer

Space-Time Research Pty Ltd

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