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@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Download and build for yourself:
 4. Run ApiPort by executing: `dotnet ApiPort.dll`
   * Example: `dotnet ApiPort.dll listTargets`
   * Example: `dotnet ApiPort.dll analyze -f Foo.dll -r HTML`
+5. For convenience, create an alias command adding the following to your ~/.bash_profile.
+```
+alias apiport='dotnet {dotnet-apiport-folder}/bin/Debug/ApiPort/netcoreapp2.0/ApiPort.dll"
+```
+This will alow you to use apiport globally from the command line: `airport analyze -f Foo.dll -r HTML`
 
 ## Documentation