Add alias commands description

README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,25 @@ This runs a 4 node Akka cluster starting 2 nodes on ports 2551 and 2552, which a
 And 2 nodes on randomly selected port numbers.
 The optional redirect `> /tmp/$(basename $PWD)-4.log` is an example for pushing the log output to filenames based on the project direcctory name.
 
+For convenience, in a Linux command shell define the following aliases.
+
+~~~~bash
+alias p1='cd ~/akka-java/akka-java-cluster'
+alias p2='cd ~/akka-java/akka-java-cluster-aware'
+alias p3='cd ~/akka-java/akka-java-cluster-singleton'
+alias p4='cd ~/akka-java/akka-java-cluster-sharding'
+alias p5='cd ~/akka-java/akka-java-cluster-persistence'
+alias p6='cd ~/akka-java/akka-java-cluster-persistence-query'
+
+alias m1='clear ; mvn exec:java -Dexec.args="2551" > /tmp/$(basename $PWD)-1.log'
+alias m2='clear ; mvn exec:java -Dexec.args="2552" > /tmp/$(basename $PWD)-2.log'
+alias m3='clear ; mvn exec:java -Dexec.args="0" > /tmp/$(basename $PWD)-3.log'
+alias m4='clear ; mvn exec:java -Dexec.args="0" > /tmp/$(basename $PWD)-4.log'
+~~~~
+
+The p1-6 alias commands are shortcuts for cd'ing into one of the six project directories.
+The m1-4 alias commands start and Akka node with the appropriate port. Stdout is also redirected to the /tmp directory.
+
 ### Description
 
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