Shell Aliases

# Make changing directory up easier
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../../'
alias ....='cd ../../../'

# Make ls show directory endings
alias ls='ls -FA --color'

# Make sl list files ('ls')
alias sl='ls'

# Make ls -l show in human-readable format
alias ll='ls -lhFA  --color'

# Show human readable file sizes in directory
alias du='du -ach | sort -h'

# Show human-readable free memory
alias free='free -th'

# Make diff side-by-side
alias diff='diff -y --color'

# Copy file contents to clipboard (USAGE: clip [FILE])
alias clip='xclip -sel clip <'

# Get numerical file permissions of file
alias perm='stat -c "%a %n"'

# Ping 3 times rather than infinite
alias ping='ping -c 3'

# Make directory and parent directories, and output which directories have been created
alias mkdir="mkdir -pv"

# Flush DNS cache
alias flushdns='sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches'