Now set your aliases where 'alias' specifies that what follows will be an alias, 'la' is what you want to call it and ' 'ls -aF' ' (this MUST be in single quotes) is the actual command.

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Git config --global color.branch auto git config --global color.diff auto git config --global color.status auto git config --global color.ui auto The global configuration is saved to ~/.gitconfig, which you can also edit directly with a text editor.

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Information beyond those characters, such as 'list all and file types', must be commented out using the pound sign if they are to be included.

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• alias ls 'ls' list all files
• alias la 'ls -aF' list all and file types
• alias ld 'ls -ld' list directories
• alias ll 'ls -lF' list <dir> style
• alias lx 'ls -lXB' sort by extension
• alias lk 'ls -lSr' sort by size
• alias lc 'ls -lcr' sort by change time
• alias lu 'ls -lur' sort by access time
• alias lr 'ls -lR' recursive ls
• alias lt 'ls -ltr' sort by date
• alias lm 'ls -al | more' pipe through 'more'
• alias . 'pwd' shows current directory
• alias .. 'cd ..' goes back one directory
• alias ../ 'cd ../' goes back one directory
• alias ... 'cd ../..' goes back two directories
• alias .../ 'cd ../../' goes back two directories
• alias - 'cd -' goes to previous directory
• alias / 'cd /' goes to the root directory