It is not really quicker on the GUI Regular users rarely type in commands. Either reverse search or zsh/fish/bash auto completion makes it much easier to run s

It is not really quicker on the GUI Regular users rarely type in commands. Either reverse search or zsh/fish/bash auto completion makes it much easier to run something in one two key strokes compared to few clicks in a GUI. Also switching to mouse from keyboard constantly slowes you down. The inefficiency of mouse as interface is best illustrated in Excel which has power user shortcuts for every menu item. Expert users will never use the mouse if they can avoid it for the same reason. IDEs and many other apps work the same way. Finally for developers who hav to work with servers, You don't have the luxury of working with GUI, you will have to learn these kind of commands anyway, using these locally on your desktop is more convenient.