Database Administrators running databases on Linux spend a vast majority of their time in the command line interface. Changing environment settings, moving through directories, typing out and executing lengthy commands, and manipulating files requires valuable keystrokes and time. The rule of thumb for an efficient DBA should be that any command executed more than once per day should be reduced to four characters or less. This presentation reviews techniques to dramatically reduce the amount of time Database Administrators spend typing commands by using shell features and scripting to do the work for them.