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ln -s /full/path/to/source /full/path/to/destination/link_name

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tar -t dotfiles.tgz

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tar -zxvf dotfiles.tgz

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tar -zcvf dotfiles.tgz .bash*

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# avoid mistakes
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

# convenience
alias l='ls -laFh'
alias untar='gtar -zxvf $*'
alias sl='slogin $(whoami)@$(hostname)'
#alias pu='pushd $* > /dev/null'

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# display login messages
echo -e "\nuptime: $(uptime | cut -b 14-27)"
echo -e "\nlast:"
last -3 | head -n $(expr $(last -3 | wc -l) - 2)

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echo -en "\nduration: "
echo -e "`expr $SECONDS / 3600` hours `expr $SECONDS / 60` mins `expr $SECONDS % 60` secs\n"
sleep 1

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# include .bash_login if it exists
if [ -f ~/.bash_login ]; then
    . ~/.bash_login
fi

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# Comment in the above and uncomment this below for a color prompt
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}[$?/\t][\e[36m\w\e[m] '

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
    . ~/.bash_aliases

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jar tf filename.jar