Ubuntu command line tools to make life easier

.bash_aliases

alias ll='ls -alF'

# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands.  Use like so:
#   sleep 10; alert
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'

README.md

• mc - a Noron Comander like file manager sudo apt install -y mc
• mcedit - an editor sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/mcedit. Now you can use sudo -e /file to edit as admin
• ranger - ls alternative for a faster navigation. sudo apt install -y ranger
• thefuck - use it for sudo install sudo apt install thefuck; echo 'eval $(thefuck --alias)' >> .bash_profile
• history lookup sudo apt install fzf See https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

Also install the alisases into ~/.bash_aliases

See also edit_file.sh to edit root files in gedit