Temple College Edition: Why learn Command Line?
The command line is often the fastest way to accomplish a job, and the only way to apply a command to multiple objects, such as renaming hundreds of files at once. In some environments, the command line is the only method of taking control of the task at hand, such as troubleshooting, or advanced networking. The command line can make you a better Windows user, and these skills apply to other operating systems, as well.