&gt; Most commonly used commands are things like ls or cd or mkdir. [...]<p>&gt; Preferably they would also have a long-form alias to provide a certain amount of easing into them. (list-directory, change-directory, make-directory)<p>This reminds me of MS Powershell. `Set-Location` is the command for changing to a new directory location, and it&#x27;s also abbreviated (aliased) as `cd`. Similarly with `ls` and many other commands. Powershell scripts often have the full forms of the commands, while in the shell itself you get the convenience of the shorter commands.