create .alias

## This File

Can be used to hold user defined alias' if it is executed at each new login. To do this:

Call .alias in '''~/.bashrc''' after the line
'''
#.bashrc													     . ~/.alias
'''


### Aliases can be useful in the following ways:

 1. To execute commonly accessed terminal commands, quickly and      easily.   

 2. To provide a quick reference for some command or procedure which is too long and/or not used frequently enough to remember and save the time spent looking things up (e.g. use the echo command to print the required information stored inside a particular 'reminder' alias.