Using ll as an alias for ls -l in Ubuntu

Redhat, and possibly other, distros have the ll shell shortcut defined – it’s a shortcut to save you typing ls -l all the time. Once you start using it you really miss is badly when it’s not available. Ubuntu doesn’t have it setup as default.

But that’s easy to fix by editing your .bashrc file. The .bashrc file is in your home directory, open it in an editor, uncomment the following line and save:

#alias ll=’ls -l’

Note that files beginning with a dot are hidden files and you won’t be able to see them using Nautilus or any other GUI file browser by default. In Nautilus, navigate to your home folder and right-click in it and select show hidden files.