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+alias be='bundle exec'
+alias bspec='bundle exec spec -f specdoc -c'
+alias e='mvim'
+alias fresh_coffee='coffee -wc -o public/javascripts app/coffee'
+alias ll='ls -lFh'
+alias lll='ls -laFh'
+alias mongo_start='mongod --fork --config /usr/local/var/mongodb/mongod.conf'
+alias mongo_stop='kill -15 `cat /usr/local/var/mongodb/mongod.pid`'
+alias mysql_start='/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.44/share/mysql/mysql.server start'
+alias mysql_stop='/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.44/share/mysql/mysql.server stop'
+alias postgres_start='pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start'
+alias postgres_stop='pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast'
+alias rails2_mode='rvm --default ruby-1.8.7-p302@rails2'
+alias rails3_mode='rvm --default ruby-1.9.2-p0@rails3'
+alias rspec='bundle exec rspec --color --format documentation'
+alias spec='spec -f specdoc -c'