port

Install some basic preferred packages

port install bash bzip2 coreutils curl diffutils findutils gawk gnutar grep gzip less libressl rsync vim wget

Update repository

port update

Update all packages in tree

port selfupdate

Install python 2.7 and make it the default

port install python27
port select --set python python27

Use coreutils as defaults

In case you want to use GNU coreutils as all the base utilities instead of OS X's, here's a simple list of aliases to add to your .bashrc:

alias [=g[
alias base32=gbase32
alias base64=gbase64
alias basename=gbasename
alias cat=gcat
alias chcon=gchcon
alias chgrp=gchgrp
alias chmod=gchmod
alias chown=gchown
alias chroot=gchroot
alias cksum=gcksum
alias comm=gcomm
alias cp=gcp
alias csplit=gcsplit
alias cut=gcut
alias date=gdate
alias dd=gdd
alias df=gdf
alias dir=gdir
alias dircolors=gdircolors
alias dirname=gdirname
alias du=gdu
alias echo=gecho
alias env=genv
alias expand=gexpand
alias expr=gexpr
alias factor=gfactor
alias false=gfalse
alias fmt=gfmt
alias fold=gfold
alias groups=ggroups
alias head=ghead
alias hostid=ghostid
alias id=gid
alias install=ginstall
alias join=gjoin
alias kill=gkill
alias link=glink
alias ln=gln
alias logname=glogname
alias ls=gls
alias md5sum=gmd5sum
alias mkdir=gmkdir
alias mkfifo=gmkfifo
alias mknod=gmknod
alias mktemp=gmktemp
alias mv=gmv
alias nice=gnice
alias nl=gnl
alias nohup=gnohup
alias nproc=gnproc
alias numfmt=gnumfmt
alias od=god
alias paste=gpaste
alias pathchk=gpathchk
alias pinky=gpinky
alias pr=gpr
alias printenv=gprintenv
alias printf=gprintf
alias ptx=gptx
alias pwd=gpwd
alias readlink=greadlink
alias realpath=grealpath
alias rm=grm
alias rmdir=grmdir
alias runcon=gruncon
alias seq=gseq
alias sha1sum=gsha1sum
alias sha224sum=gsha224sum
alias sha256sum=gsha256sum
alias sha384sum=gsha384sum
alias sha512sum=gsha512sum
alias shred=gshred
alias shuf=gshuf
alias sleep=gsleep
alias sort=gsort
alias split=gsplit
alias stat=gstat
alias stdbuf=gstdbuf
alias stty=gstty
alias sum=gsum
alias sync=gsync
alias tac=gtac
alias tail=gtail
alias tee=gtee
alias test=gtest
alias timeout=gtimeout
alias touch=gtouch
alias tr=gtr
alias true=gtrue
alias truncate=gtruncate
alias tsort=gtsort
alias tty=gtty
alias uname=guname
alias unexpand=gunexpand
alias uniq=guniq
alias unlink=gunlink
alias uptime=guptime
alias users=gusers
alias vdir=gvdir
alias wc=gwc
alias who=gwho
alias whoami=gwhoami
alias yes=gyes