Added ability to specify a startup_script in cmd2.Cmd.__init__()

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diff --git a/examples/alias_startup.py b/examples/alias_startup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding=utf-8
+"""A simple example demonstrating the following:
+    1) How to add custom command aliases using the alias command
+    2) How to load an initialization script at startup
+"""
+import argparse
+
+import cmd2
+import pyparsing
+
+from cmd2 import with_argument_list, with_argparser, with_argparser_and_unknown_args
+
+
+class AliasAndStartup(cmd2.Cmd):
+    """ Example cmd2 application where we create commands that just print the arguments they are called with."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        cmd2.Cmd.__init__(self, startup_script='.cmd2rc')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app = AliasAndStartup()
+    app.cmdloop()