Which Aliases do you find most useful or helpful to your Ubuntu experience?

Posted by Andy Groff on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Andy Groff
Published on 2011-01-12T23:35:12Z Indexed on 2011/01/12 23:57 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 250

Filed under:

terminal

|

alias

Since first becoming an Ubuntu user I have developed a growing list of aliases, and there are some that I cannot imagine being without. This makes me think that there are probably still tons of aliases that I haven't thought to use which could make the lives of me and fellow ubuntu users easier.

What aliases do you guys use which are:
general - they apply to lots of users
helpful - you use them often or they save a lot of time when you do use them

© Ask Ubuntu or respective owner

Related posts about terminal

Terminal proxy or screen without terminal emulation

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
How can I make terminal applications immune to terminal emulator close, but still able to use all virtual terminal features? I see this must be something like screen, but without VT100 terminal emulation, something which will just apply whatever application does with "terminal proxy"'s terminal (like… >>> More
Colour Issues in OSX Terminal ssh'd to Ubuntu terminal

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
In the OSX terminal, I'm having some colour issues. If i am working locally, there are no colours. If i ssh into my opensolaris machine (using screen inside ssh) there are no colours. If i then ssh into my ubuntu virtualmachine, and say, vim edit a file, the colours are completely broken. On quitting… >>> More
Colour Issues in OS X Terminal ssh'd to Ubuntu terminal

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
In the OS X Terminal.app, I'm having some colour issues. If I am working locally, there are no colours. If I ssh into my opensolaris machine (using screen inside ssh) there are no colours. If I then ssh into my ubuntu virtualmachine, and say, vim edit a file, the colours are completely broken.… >>> More
gnome-terminal -- get path by draging files into terminal

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I use colinux, see http://www.colinux.org/ ; I used the ubuntu image (ubuntu without desktop environment) and install the packages gdm ?x-window-system-core and gnome-core and update to 10.04. the default user ( which is the only one user) is root. When I try to drag a file into gnome-terminal, I… >>> More
Way to avoid ssh connection timeout & freezing of terminal tab

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
When I connect via ssh terminal to certain servers, it timeouts and "freezes" the terminal (doesn't accept, doesn't disconnect, can't Ctrl-C to kill the ssh process or anything). This is in Ubuntu's Gnome-terminal, though it seems to be pausing the terminal input/output, and doesn't affect the operation… >>> More

Related posts about alias

Getting USB Wifi device to work

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I have been trying to get an Olitec Wifi N USB dongle to work. At first it lit up but wouldn't connect. A little Googling suggested that it would need ndiswrapper to make it work. After installing and trying to add driver with ndisgtk, I got the error message FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.… >>> More
wifi not recognized

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I had wifi and worked then some day ubuntu asked me to update some packeages and restarted the system and after that no wifi. this is my wireless_script output : ########## wireless info START ########## ##### release ##### Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14… >>> More
Creating alias and script alias in Ubuntu

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I am configuring LG looking glass on Ubuntu. I have followed this link. In step 3 they said to add following two lines to webserver config: Alias /lg/favicon.ico /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/lg/favicon.ico ScriptAlias /lg /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/lg/lg.cgi I have added it to my webserver config: #vi… >>> More
Frequent Disconnects ubuntu desktop 12.10 x64 intel 82579V e1000e

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I'm having frequent disconnects with my new install of Ubuntu 12.10. I tried updating the kernel driver to the latest intel release to no avail. My expertise is spent. It happens anywhere between 1 min and 10 min. Any ideas? syslog: Dec 1 13:51:39 andromeda kernel: [ 972.188809] audit_printk_skb:… >>> More
gcc compile error when installing Data::Alias package from CPAN (Strawberry Perl)

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm trying to install the Data::Alias package from CPAN and I'm getting compile errors from gcc. I'm on Windows Server 2008: Writing Makefile for Data::Alias cp lib/Data/Alias.pm blib\lib\Data\Alias.pm C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe "-Iinc" C:\strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp -typemap C:\strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap… >>> More