Use aliases to speed up frequently-used long commands, or always use certain options.
SPINACH[~]$ alias alias allspice='ssh allspice' alias c='/usr/bin/clear' alias h='history' alias lal='ls -al' alias ll='ls -l' alias lnew='ls -alt | head -16' alias land='enscript -2rhGj' alias less='less -eM' alias m='less -eM' alias oo='openoffice.org' alias rm='rm -i' alias whatami='cat /etc/lsb-release'
SPINACH[~]$ whatami DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04" SPINACH[~]$ lnew total 7188 -rw------- 1 knerr staff 7854 Jun 11 13:19 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 knerr staff 310 Jun 11 13:18 labtemp -rw------- 1 knerr users 11350 Jun 11 13:14 .viminfo ...