updated with some aliases in zsh, cleaned up

bashrc

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ PS1='\[\e[1;32m\]\u@\h \W\$ \[\e[0m\]'
 
 # ls pleasantness
 alias l='\ls --color=auto'
-alias ls='ls -a --color=auto'
-alias lls='ls -alh --color=auto'
+alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+alias la='ls -a --color=auto'
+alias lsa='ls -a --color=auto'
+alias lls='ls -lh --color=auto'
+alias ll='ls -lh --color=auto'
 
 # grep the entirety of the history
 alias hg='history | grep'
@@ -18,22 +21,6 @@ export VISUAL=vim
 # local folder in PATH 
 export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
 
-# Flags used for CS243 "Mechanics of Programming"
-alias gcc='gcc -std=c99 -Wall -ggdb -Wextra -pedantic'
-
-# Functions for converting between hex and decimal
-h2d(){
-    echo "ibase=16; $@"|bc
-  }
-d2h(){
-    echo "obase=16; $@"|bc
-}
 
 # alias for vim muscle memory when quitting
 alias :q='exit'
-alias :e='vim'
-
-# allow X forwarding in Cygwin
-if [ $(uname -o) == "Cygwin" ]; then
-    export DISPLAY=:0
-fi