Useful commands in bashrc

bashrc

alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias rm='rm -iv'
alias mkdir='mkdir -p'
alias ps='ps auxf'

alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../..'
alias ....='cd ../../..'
alias .....='cd ../../../..'

# Alias's for multiple directory listing commands
alias la='ls -Alh' # show hidden files
alias ls='ls -aFh --color=always' # add colors and file type extensions
alias lx='ls -lXBh' # sort by extension
alias lk='ls -lSrh' # sort by size
alias lc='ls -lcrh' # sort by change time
alias lu='ls -lurh' # sort by access time
alias lr='ls -lRh' # recursive ls
alias lt='ls -ltrh' # sort by date
alias lm='ls -alh |more' # pipe through 'more'
alias lw='ls -xAh' # wide listing format
alias ll='ls -Fls' # long listing format
alias labc='ls -lap' #alphabetical sort
alias lf="ls -l | egrep -v '^d'" # files only
alias ldir="ls -l | egrep '^d'" # directories only