So many things to remember

I have been using FreeBSD for quite a long time but even with as often as some tasks occur, I still do not quickly remember where a config file belongs or which one I should edit.  I have kept a printout of my blog post about updating kernel and world so that I have a reference to the steps I use from time to time, usually about every 10-30 days.  I know that I could look in manpages or try the --help option for any executable but the solution I have chosen to do might be quicker or simpler in some way.

What I did is create a directory ~/Symbolic_links in my root directory, within this directory I have placed things like the following:

# ls -l
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 44 Sep 19 14:29 14amd64-blacklist -> /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/14amd64-blacklist
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 44 Sep 19 14:28 14amd64-make.conf -> /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/14amd64-make.conf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 31 Feb  7  2022 app-defaults -> /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 47 Sep 19 14:22 cache_14amd64 -> /usr/local/poudriere/data/cache/14amd64-default
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 35 Oct 19  2020 p-keg_ports -> /usr/local/poudriere/ports/default/
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 66 Sep 19 14:20 p-keg-logs_bulk_14amd64_latest-per-pkg -> /usr/local/poudriere/data/logs/bulk/14amd64-default/latest-per-pkg
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 35 Feb 26  2022 p-keg-logs_bulk_parent -> /usr/local/poudriere/data/logs/bulk
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 62 Sep 19 13:46 p-keg-ports_packages_all -> /usr/local/poudriere/data/packages/14amd64-default/.latest/All
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 24 Feb 13  2021 pkg_repo_conf_dir -> /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 23 Feb 26 13:12 pkg.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 29 Nov 10  2020 poudriere.conf -> /usr/local/etc/poudriere.conf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 26 Dec 18  2020 thePoudriereDir -> /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 30 Jan 24  2022 xorg_configs -> /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 36 Sep 11 16:41 xorg-drivers-installed -> /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 31 Aug 28 17:34 Xterm_and_other_X_defaults_here -> /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 37 Aug 28 17:33 xterm_app_defaults -> /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm

Later, when I am wondering what I need to adjust or where that config file is that needs the adjustment, I can first look at these symbolic links and get to editing the file.

Another thing I've done which I am sure needs a bit of a cleanup and probably a revision, probably move the information to a different file, I've also thought about making the random notes one extensive alias to display it.  This is my .cshrc-personal file with all sorts of notes on various things I've run across in passing which come in handy or could someday.

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# ROOT USER  .cshrc-personal
#______________________________________________

# sony exfat: mount.exfat-fuse /dev/da8s1 /mnt/usbstick

# If sound fails for firefox but works for other things, check if sndio is installed and remove that.
# Firefox from pkg also requires pango compiled with libthai option, pango pkg does not have this.
# mesa-dri should solve libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi

# rather oddly poudriere refused to update via the very brief incantation so instead the much more verbose and slower method seems to have worked:
# poudriere jail -m -v stable/14 -a amd64 -j 14amd64 -b -m src=/usr/src
# This may have been after /usr/src was already cleaned. Uncertain if the error from update via
# poudriere -u -j 14amd64
# was caused by a cleaned /usr/src or some other issue, also included a new symbolic link to /etc/src.conf in thepoudrieredir.
# Now there is the src-env.conf, src.conf, and make.conf used in there.

alias rekernconf	'ln -s /root/kernconf/ICHIGO /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ICHIGO ; ln -s /root/kernconf/RACK /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/RACK'
alias kernconf		cp /root/kernconf/ICHIGO /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ICHIGO
alias remakeconf 	cp /etc/make.conf ~/Symbolic_Links/thePoudriereDir/13amd64-make.conf
alias sorta 		sort -d -u

alias portlint 		'echo;echo;\portlint'
alias plist		'echo "make makeplist > pkg-plist"'

alias fixnet		repairnet
alias fixtime		ntpdate -b 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
alias ezjail 		ezjail-admin
alias cmake-opts 	"cmake -L | awk '{if(f)print} /-- Cache values/{f=1}'"
alias autotools-opts	'./autogen.sh && ./configure --help=recursive'
alias myworldip		lynx -dump checkip.dyndns.org
alias nice 		/usr/bin/nice
alias redoGUI 		make-de-re-install-each GUI-fix-list
alias redogui 		make-de-re-install-each GUI-fix-list

alias eighty		'echo "1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^"'
alias seventy		'echo "123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^"'

alias zfs-df		'zfs list -o space'
alias pkeg-distclean	'poudriere distclean -a'

alias rust-crates	'echo "From the port directory: make cargo-crates > Makefile.crates"'

alias port_deps_help 'echo "dependencies for port: `make build-depends-list && make run-depends-list`"; echo "dependencies still needed to install for a port: `make missing`"'
unalias h
unalias j
unalias la
unalias lf
unalias ll

# A righteous umask
umask 22

set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin $HOME/scripts $HOME/bin)

setenv	EDITOR	vi
#setenv	PAGER	less
setenv	PAGER	more
setenv	BLOCKSIZE	K


if ($?prompt) then
	# An interactive shell -- set some stuff up
	set prompt = "%N@%m:%~ %# "
	set promptchars = "%#"

	set filec
	set history = 1000
	set savehist = (1000 merge)
	set autolist = ambiguous
	# Use history to aid expansion
	set autoexpand
	set autorehash
	set mail = (/var/mail/$USER)
	if ( $?tcsh ) then
		bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word
		bindkey -k up history-search-backward
		bindkey -k down history-search-forward
	endif

endif

alias today 	date "+%m/%d/%Y"

# -a When it receives a packet make audible beep - internal tower speaker
# -A When it misses a packet make audible beep - internal tower speaker
# And change the interval to every 63 secs
alias ping      ping -i 63 -A

alias recert    make -C  /usr/ports/security/ca_root_nss reinstall clean

alias installmedia 'echo "dd if=FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1M conv=sync status=progress"'

setenv autologout 30

setenv LSCOLORS Exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
setenv CLICOLOR true

setenv LANGUAGE en_US.UTF-8
setenv LANG en_US.UTF-8
setenv LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
setenv LC_CTYPE POSIX

setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORM xcb

# default is blank, qt5ct utility must have
#  setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME qt5ct
setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME qt5ct

#setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME default

# Additions to fix qt5 scale issue in FVWM
# Boolean 0/1
setenv QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR 1

# Numeric
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS .35

# With radeon driver this seems right
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS 1.1
# PCDM dpi is screwy & wrong! Use 96dpi only
#best below
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS .5
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS .495

# dependencies for port: `make build-depends-list && make run-depends-list`
#
# dependencies still needed to install for a port: `make missing`

# pkg prime-origins | sort -d -u | more
#
# pkg query -x '%o %n %v %R' 'mesa-|drm.*kmod|gpu-firmware*' | sort

# fc-list :scalable=true:spacing=mono: family > xterm_fonts_choices
# After an edit to the file, combine it with what is in use already:
#   xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
#
# Use the file and override whatever is already used:
#   xrdb ~/.Xresources
#
# man build:
#	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX Defines the prefix for directory
#	KERNCONFDIR Overrides the directory in which KERNCONF and any files included by KERNCONF should be found.
#
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# $FreeBSD: stable/12/bin/csh/dot.cshrc 338374 2018-08-29 16:59:19Z brd $
#
# .cshrc - csh resource script, read at beginning of execution by each shell
#
# see also csh(1), environ(7).
# more examples available at /usr/share/examples/csh/
#
# make -V LIB_DEPENDS
#
# Whois for IP, including AS number:
# whois -h whois.cymru.com " -v 165.231.253.20"
#
# If needing to install something and everything balks, use this on make install line
#FORCE_PKG_REGISTER
#
# What is your graphics hardware?
# pciconf -lv | grep -B4 -A1 VGA
#
# If the system is running with a custom kernel, use nextboot(8) to set the
# kernel for the next boot to the updated /boot/GENERIC:
#
# nextboot -k GENERIC
#
# The machine should now be restarted with the updated kernel:
#
# shutdown -r now
#
## possibly helpful pkg output for script
#pkg query %n:%v:%o
#
## this might be causing a window manager to act as "default"
#/usr/local/etc/X11/xsm/system.xsm
#
# xorg individual config files are in  /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
#
# /var/log/dmesg.boot contains the boot messages. /var/log/messages contains the current errors.
#
###
# AMD (Phenom & Athlon for certain) cannot have this sysctl set non-zero:
# vm.pmap.pti=0
# If set, boot to loader prompt, set vm.pmap.pti=0 then boot.
###
#
# cert for ssl stuff in browser.
# security/ca_root_nss
#
# Someone forgot to configure the certificate chain in the webserver.
# review the webserver config and make sure that the certificate chain configuration is valid?
# In particular, one should be able to test this with
#   openssl s_client -connect forums.freenas.org:443
# and not get the "unable to verify the first certificate" error.
#
# ps auxdww piped to less can help quite a bit in that regard
# it gives you a snapshot of the full process table at any given point in time
#
# Where is the pkg repo config files stored?
# /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
# /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/00_synth.conf
#
# # pkg origin pkg
# ports-mgmt/pkg
#
# make build-depends-list should show you the dependencies
# make all-depends-list will recurse through all dependencies
#
# What kernel compile options built
# sysctl kern.conftxt
#
# Show what device an irq is bound to
# vmstat -i
#
# dd if=FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1M conv=sync
###
#fat32 thumbdrive usbstick
#If you need to create a FAT32 formatted USB thumb drive, find out its devicename
#running dmesg(8) after inserting it. Then create an MBR schema, a single slice and
#format it:
# gpart create -s MBR ${devicename}
# gpart add -t fat32 ${devicename}
# newfs_msdos -F 32 -L thumbdrive ${devicename}s1
###
# phone sd card
#gpart show
#=>       63  249737153  da8  MBR  (119G)
#         63  249737153    1  fat32  (119G)
# mount -t msdos -o ro /dev/da8s1 /mnt
# umount /dev/da8s1
# Troubles with efreet of enlightenment were solved by removing a file "0"
# ~/.ecore/efreetd/0
#
# For lots of buildworld and related info, targets, knobs
# man 7 build
#
# FYI qt5ct settings for added style is here /usr/local/share/qt5ct/qss
# /usr/local/etc/slim.conf edit to modify how it functions or theme
#
#  # pkg remove -f pkg
# Updating database digests format: 100%
# Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
# Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0 packages in the universe):
#
# Installed packages to be REMOVED:
#         pkg-1.10.5_5
#
# Number of packages to be removed: 1
#
# The operation will free 13 MiB.
#
# Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y
# [1/1] Deinstalling pkg-1.10.5_5...
# You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no longer needed.
# [1/1] Deleting files for pkg-1.10.5_5: 100%
#
#
# build world or kernel, settings here:  src-env.conf
#
#alias svn	svnlite
#alias fixnet	/etc/rc.d/netif restart lagg0
#
#alias pkg	pkg -N
#
### adjust this file for kernel/world build
# /etc/src-env.conf
#
### Initial /usr/src checkout:
# svn co https://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/base/release/12.0.0 /usr/src
#
### If branch leaps such as Release to Stable, add 'ignore' switch
# svn  --ignore-ancestry switch ^/stable/12 /usr/src
#
### switch source branches easily! (was on stable-11)
# svn switch ^/stable/12 /usr/src
#
### when it times out without finishing add
# svn cleanup ;
#
#Audio capture desktop and firefox
# need virtual_oss from ports then:
# virtual_oss -Q 0 -C 2 -c 2 -r 48000 -b 16 -s 1024 -P /dev/dsp6 -R /dev/null -w vdsp.wav -l dsp
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# `procstat -k PID` shows the stack of all kernel threads associated with that process.
# That, with a tyro's grasp of kernels, makes it possible to work out where hangs etc.
# are coming from. Resource locks abound down there, and sometimes they break.
#
#`git clean -xdf` (removes all files not under version control)
#
# When pkg is seemingly stuck try to find out which command it is...
# ps auxwww | grep pkg
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# From /usr/local/share/doc/ccache/ccache-howto-freebsd.txt
# For csh/tcsh Add the following to /etc/csh.cshrc:
#
#  setenv PATH /usr/local/libexec/ccache:$PATH
#  setenv CCACHE_PATH /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
#
# Ccache's default cache size is 1GB and this is larger than the default size of
# the root partition (/) on FreeBSD. To over come this you may specify a new
# cache location on a different partition with the following examples.
# For csh/tcsh Add the following to /etc/csh.cshrc:
#  setenv CCACHE_DIR "/usr/.ccache"
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# from https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/howto-freebsd-with-ccache.174/
# set ccache variables
#setenv PATH /usr/local/libexec/ccache:$PATH
#setenv CCACHE_PATH /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
#setenv CCACHE_DIR /var/cache/ccache
#setenv CCACHE_LOGFILE /var/log/ccache.log
#
# set ccache temp size to 512MB (default 1GB)
#if ( -x /usr/local/bin/ccache ) then
#  /usr/local/bin/ccache -M 512M > /dev/null
#endif
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Tigersharke .cshrc
# $FreeBSD: stable/11/share/skel/dot.cshrc 278616 2015-02-12 05:35:00Z cperciva $
#
# .cshrc - csh resource script, read at beginning of execution by each shell
#
# see also csh(1), environ(7).
# more examples available at /usr/share/examples/csh/
#
# Spiffy progress for dd, add to commandline: status=progress
#
#########
# record 2 hours of Zenith -- must press record button in player that appears!
# vlc -vvv http://148.163.81.10:8006/stream --stop-time 7200 vlc://quit
#########
#
#########
# record without interaction, auto-quits as well, just need to use `at` to schedule it.
# cvlc -vvv http://stream.dbmedia.se/gk70tal96 --prefetch-buffer-size=0 --sout file/mp4:testfile.mp4 --stop-time 120 vlc://quit
#########
#
# Replace audio without recompressing. Use audacity to modify the audio first.
# ffmpeg.exe -i input_video.mp4 -i replacement_audio.m4a -vcodec copy -acodec copy -map 0:0 -map 1:0 output.mp4
#
# Fix aspect ratio: ffmpeg -i [INPUT] -aspect 720:540 -c copy [OUTPUT]
#
# location of desktop files: /usr/local/share/applications
#
#alias openoffice exec [ ! -e `ls -t /usr/local/bin | grep -m 1 openoffice`]||echo "Not installed"
#alias openoffice exec `ls -t /usr/local | grep -m 1 openoffice`
#
#alias today 	date "+%m/%d/%Y"
#
# When it receives a packet make audible beep - internal tower speaker
# And change the interval to every 10 secs
#alias ping      ping -i 10 -a
#alias recert    make -C  /usr/ports/security/ca_root_nss reinstall clean
#
# read(2) of directories may not be desirable by default, as this will provoke
# EISDIR errors from each directory encountered.
# alias grep    grep -d skip
#
#alias neovim	nvim
#alias neovim-qt nvim-qt
#alias amphetadesk AmphetaDesk
#alias freedroidrpg freedroidRPG
#alias xstart xinit ~/.xinitrc -- -dpi 75 -nolisten tcp
#
# These are normally set through /etc/login.conf.  You may override them here
# if wanted.
# set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin $HOME/bin)
# setenv	BLOCKSIZE	K
# A righteous umask
# umask 22
#
# when pkg is seemingly stuck try to find out which command it is...
# ps auxwww | grep pkg
#
# find all damned ports options!
# find * -maxdepth 2 -name Makefile -exec grep -Hn OPTIONS_DEFINE {} \; >> /root/options-list.txt
#
# Set default sound device in vlc: use any of /dev/dsp3.vp0 or similar,
# do `ls /dev | grep dsp` while vlc is running to see which audio devices exist, they only exist while in use.
# my fiberoptic is any of the dsp3, either dsp4.vp0 or dsp3.vp1
#
# # pkg set -o multimedia/vlc3:multimedia/vlc
#Change origin from multimedia/vlc3 to multimedia/vlc for vlc3-3.0.5,4? [y/N]: y
#
# Over quota? below will give you a sorted list of your directory sizes.
#  du -sh * | sort -h
#
# I find brace expansion useful for renaming files.
# This cmd expands to "mv Picture.jpg Picture-of-my-cat.jpg"
#   mv Picture{,-of-my-cat}.jpg
#
# /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplayer
# /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper/pkg-message
#
# When was the machine rebooted, shutdown, crashed?
# use the command: last
#
#setenv autologout 30
#
#setenv LSCOLORS Exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
#setenv CLICOLOR true
#
#setenv LANGUAGE en_US.UTF-8
#setenv LANG en_US.UTF-8
#setenv LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
#setenv LC_CTYPE POSIX
#
#setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORM xcb
################################################
## default is blank, qt5ct utility must have  ##
##  setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME qt5ct	      ##
setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME qt5ct
#setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME default
################################################
## Additions to fix qt5 scale issue in FVWM   ##
## Boolean 0/1                                ##
#setenv QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR 1
## Numeric                                    ##
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS .35
# With radeon driver this seems right
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS 1.1
# PCDM dpi is screwy & wrong! Use 96dpi only
#best below
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS .5
#setenv QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS .495
################################################
#export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
#export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
#export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
#export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
#setenv LANGUAGE en_US.UTF-8
#setenv LANG en_US.UTF-8
#setenv LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
#setenv QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME qt5ct
#
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# just in case
# from https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/howto-freebsd-with-ccache.174/
# set ccache variables
#setenv PATH /usr/local/libexec/ccache:$PATH
#setenv CCACHE_PATH /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
#setenv CCACHE_DIR /usr/.ccache
#setenv CCACHE_LOGFILE /var/log/ccache.log
#
## set ccache temp size to 512MB (default 1GB)
#if ( -x /usr/local/bin/ccache ) then
#  /usr/local/bin/ccache -M 512M > /dev/null
#endif
#
#
# If you experience issues when running OpenGL applications it is possible
# to force the use of DRI2 by setting the LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE environment
# variable to 1 before starting any OpenGL application.  The easiest way to
# do this is by adding it to either your shell startup files or .xinitrc.
#setenv LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE 1
#
#set path = ($path /media/sbin /media/bin /media/usr/sbin /media/usr/bin /media/usr/local/sbin /media/usr/local/bin /media$HOME/bin)
#
# Determine what requires llvm (3 lines output after)
# pkg info -rx llvm
#llvm10-10.0.1_5:
#        mesa-dri-20.2.3_1
#llvm11-11.0.1:
#
# /usr/ports/Mk for porting, and /usr/share/mk for software building.
#
#find what cmake options are available (from work/portbuild directory) from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16851084/how-to-list-all-cmake-build-options-and-their-default-values
# cmake -LA | awk '{if(f)print} /-- Cache values/{f=1}'

I still have general organizing to do, but for now I have the whole mess loaded, at the bottom of my .cshrc file I added

source /root/.cshrc-local
source /root/.cshrc-personal

Lastly, although you may have seen them in passing via that .cshrc-personal file root has, I will show you the various aliases I have for my root and user accounts.  This is one more way to keep track of things and make the information more quickly to hand.

# alias
amphetadesk     AmphetaDesk
autotools-opts  ./autogen.sh && ./configure --help=recursive
cmake-opts      cmake -L | awk '{if(f)print} /-- Cache values/{f=1}'
eighty  echo "1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^"
ezjail  ezjail-admin
fixnet  repairnet
fixtime (ntpdate -b 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org)
installmedia    echo "dd if=FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1M conv=sync status=progress"
kernconf        (cp /root/kernconf/ICHIGO /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ICHIGO)
less    (less --mouse)
myworldip       (lynx -dump checkip.dyndns.org)
neovim  nvim
neovim-qt       nvim-qt
nice    /usr/bin/nice
ping    (ping -i 63 -A)
pkeg-distclean  poudriere distclean -a
plist   echo "make makeplist > pkg-plist"
port_deps_help  echo "dependencies for port: `make build-depends-list && make run-depends-list`"; echo "dependencies still needed to install for a port: `make missing`"
portlint        echo;echo;\portlint
recert  (make -C /usr/ports/security/ca_root_nss reinstall clean)
redoGUI (make-de-re-install-each GUI-fix-list)
redogui (make-de-re-install-each GUI-fix-list)
rekernconf      ln -s /root/kernconf/ICHIGO /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ICHIGO ; ln -s /root/kernconf/RACK /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/RACK
remakeconf      (cp /etc/make.conf /root/Symbolic_Links/thePoudriereDir/13amd64-make.conf)
rust-crates     echo "From the port directory: make cargo-crates > Makefile.crates"
seventy echo "123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^123456789^"
sorta   (sort -d -u)
today   (date +%m/%d/%Y)
xstart  (xinit /root/.xinitrc -- -dpi 75 -nolisten tcp)
zfs-df  zfs list -o space
# exit

% alias
amphetadesk     AmphetaDesk
eighty  (echo 1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^1234567^)
freedroidrpg    freedroidRPG
ircII   irc
ircii   irc
less    (less --mouse)
ls      (ls -a)
neovim  nvim
neovim-qt       nvim-qt
today   (date +%m/%d/%Y)
veloren veloren-voxygen
virtoss virtual_oss -Q 0 -C 2 -c 2 -r 48000 -b 16 -s 1024 -P /dev/dsp6 -R /dev/null -w vdsp.wav -l dsp
xstart  (xinit ~/.xinitrc -- -dpi 75 -nolisten tcp

While there may be a ton of things to remember on a FreeBSD system, there are numerous ways to make it easier to find the information and to do it in such a way as to have fewer extra places to look through to find it.  Symbolic links can become stale, but are easily replaced and the link itself can be more descriptive than the object of its link.  Aliases can cause custom output in the form of echoed text, or be named to assist with recall of its purpose, or sometimes a common name and its executable are different.

What ever method you use, along with the usual methods of searching through a manpage or forum post, or asking on IRC or any other social media platform (or even feedback to your favorite podcast like BSDNow or 2.5admins), you can be sure to succeed with any task that has you stuck.  The above is how I have made the struggle lighter for myself.