aliases and ~/.bashrc

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
...