Ok , working on windows and DOS , so many years , some DOS commands became my second nature in my everyday computer life !!!  DIR, CLS, DIR /P, DEL, REN,PING, etc, were my everyday's keyboard stokes !

When i switch to Linux and Unix-like environments , I find somewhat difficult to have to remember new commands for doing common tasks : LS, LS -altrh , CLEAR, DU -h, and many more commands using complicated options and the PING command just keep pinging  Endlessly (why ????) .....

So, I have created a useful  file that has all my aliases in one place and copying it over to my bash login script is my FIRST thing to do , before I even clear the screen on a Linux terminal !!!

It's not that I have invented the wheel, but I find them extremely useful to work with !

You can put them all in a file called : ".bash_aliases" and put it your Home directory, or modify you .bashrc file  so that it can be executed upon opening a terminal window :

#General use
alias cls='clear' : yes clear is too long for me to write after writing cls so many years in the past !!

alias dfm='df -h' : originally I used df -m to display the sizes in Megabytes, but -h switch is much more convenient !

alias edit='nano' : edit is another way to open up nano if your're used to type edit . Or you can put in gedit, vim or your favorite editor !

alias dir='dir -achltr --group-directories-first --color=auto' : dir now display directories first , show all files with different colors , shows all files and display permissions, file sizes and date as well.

alias h='history' : history toooo long type. h is better .

alias del='rm -i' : because I was used to del   and the -i switch adds a confirmation just to make sure !

alias copy='cp -i' : cp is much shorter , but copy is easier to remember plus it prompts you in case you overwrite any file at the destination.

alias restart='sudo shutdown -r now' : isn't it much better , athough you have to be carefull !

alias ping='ping -c 4' : yes , only 4 pings !!!!!!

alias shut='sudo shutdown -P now' : shuts your computer , be very carefull to close all open applications otherwise you may lose  your work.

# Transmission-daemon start/stop
alias tron='sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon start' : nice alias to start the transmission-daemon if you use it !

alias troff='sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop' : nice alias to stop the transmission-daemon service .

#Apt-get update/upgrade
alias update='sudo apt-get update' : usefull
alias upgrade='sudo apt-get upgrade' :  also usefull

#Check open ports
alias ports='netstat -tulanp' : checks open ports on your computer but not all services , you have to run it as root (sudo) in order to display all !

#Get free mem stats
alias mem='free -h' :  nice alias to display freem RAM in Gigabytes


#Color Prompt
export PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$' : a nice prompt for your terminal displaying the user and the hostname as well as the current folder you're in , in different colors !!

#XBMC start/stop
alias xbmcstart='sudo initctl start xbmc' : start XBMC service
alias xbmcstop='sudo initctl stop xbmc' : stop XBMC service


Well that's all for now ! I will try to update this with any new and usefull aliases !
If you any other userfull aliases that could make our lives easier please notify me .