If you do not like to type, then copy and paste these aliases at the end of your local ".bashrc" file alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../..' alias cd..='cd ..' alias g='grep' alias v='/usr/bin/vim' alias vi='/usr/bin/vim' alias l='ls -alF' alias la='ls -la' alias lr='ls -ltr' alias ll='ls -l' alias l.='ls -d .*' alias lx='ls -X' alias lsd='ls -d */' alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS' alias ls-l='ls -l' alias m='more' alias mroe='more' alias o='less' alias rd='rmdir' alias md='mkdir' alias copy='cp' alias dir='ls -l' alias rehash='hash -r' alias unmount='umount' alias which='_which' alias beep='echo -en "\007"' #alias mv='mv -i' #alias rm='rm -i' #alias cp='cp -i'