You can adjust your bash prompt to virtually anything you like. Handy bash(1) prompt: PS1="\u@\h \w \!$" You can find more here: Bash Prompts

FreeBSD is started up by the program ‘init’. The first thing init does when starting multiuser mode (ie, starting the computer up for normal use) is to run the shell script /etc/rc. By reading /etc/rc and the /etc/rc.d/ scripts, you can learn a lot about how the system is put together, which again will make you more confident about what happens when you do something with it.

Forget when Easter is? Try ncal -e. If you need the date for Orthodox Easter, use ncal -o instead.

Forget what directory you are in? Type pwd.

Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use look portion_of_word_you_know

Ever wonder what those numbers after command names were, as in cat(1)? It’s the section of the manual the man page is in. man man will tell you more.

Can’t remember if you’ve installed a certain port or not? Try pkg info -x port_name

By pressing “Scroll Lock” you can use the arrow keys to scroll backward through the console output. Press “Scroll Lock” again to turn it off.

Any user that is a member of the wheel group can use su - to simulate a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group.

You can use the ‘fetch’ command to retrieve files over ftp or http. fetch http://www.FreeBSD.org/index.html will download the front page of the FreeBSD web site.