a few quick aliases I keep in my .bashrc to make life easier. these are from scratch after shifting computers, so I will update this constantly!
~\.bashrc
# list all files including authors, indicators for diff types of objects
alias ll='ls -alF'
# list all files except . and ..
alias la='ls -A'
# list all files by columns, indicators for diff types of objects
alias l='ls -CF'
# make it easy to directly copy and paste commands from online tutorials!
alias pip=pip3
alias python=python3
# using the cloc plugin: https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc
alias sloc='cloc $(git ls-files)'