I use them because they fit better in my workflow. I use a tiling WM and vim bindings everywhere I can because keyboards hurt my hands less than mice. I use the

I use them because they fit better in my workflow. I use a tiling WM and vim bindings everywhere I can because keyboards hurt my hands less than mice. I use them just for discovery, if I know what I want mv / cp / find are better. tree doesn't work so well if you have a sub-directory with hundreds of object files, etc.