FreeBSD GNU Applications

If you are coming from Linux, you may prefer the GNU utilities over the FreeBSD ones.

pkg install coreutils diffutils findutils gtar less gmake gnugrep

Set up aliases:

alias egrep='gegrep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='gfgrep --color=auto'
alias grep='ggrep --color=auto'
alias less='/usr/local/bin/less'
alias ll='gls -alhF --color=auto'
alias ls='gls -F --color=auto'
alias tar='gtar'
alias find='gfind'
alias diff='gdiff'