Sample configuration files and useful commands.

# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
# set prompt, format = 'user@host[pwd]$ ', for example: 'chkuo@oak[~]$ '
PS1='\[\e[1;34m\]\u\[\e[0m\]\[\e[1;33m\]@\[\e[0m\]\[\e[1;31m\]\h\[\e[0m\][\w]\[\e[1;32m\]\$\[\e[0m\] '

# User specific environment and startup programs
export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/bin:~/bin:~/script"

# shell command alias
alias .='pwd'
alias ..='cd ..'
alias cd..='cd ..'
alias l='ls -lFG'
alias lm='ls -lFG | more'
alias ll='ls -alFG | more'

# short cut to active project directory
alias pls='cd ~/plscript/'
alias sc='cd /scratch/$USER/'

# ssh alias for connecting to other machines
    # Academia Sinica
        # maple
        export MAPLE='140.109.56.170'
        alias maple='ssh $MAPLE'
        # oak
        export OAK='140.109.56.171'
        alias oak='ssh $OAK'

ssh-keygen -t 'rsa' -b 2048

Append '~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub' to remote host '~/.ssh/authorized_keys'

In the case that you need to reboot a machine remotely, login through ssh and use the following command:

sudo shutdown -r now

#!/bin/sh
for x
do
	echo "$x"
	tar -cf "$x.tar" "$x"
	gzip "$x.tar"
done