where is my .profile file?

[Huggy]

Where is my .profile file?
I'm looking for the file the starts up when you login.

I've looked in my home dir and I don't see it. :rolleyes:

[Antonis]

Did you enable show hidden files?

[Huggy]

yes ls -a
-a is show all files (hidden as well)

are you saying it should be there?

[error27]

it's /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile

[Huggy]

I see.
Thank You

[Craig McPherson]

That's a partial answer.

There is one global profile file:

/etc/profile

There are three user-specific bash profile files:

~/.profile this one is best
~/.bash_profile
~/.bashrc

If ~/.profile doesn't exist, just create it.

[Huggy]

~/.profile
why is this the best one?
I'm looking for the one the is for each user
so when I login as guest I can have the date displayed and other stuff, but when I login as darrell maybe the cal command is displayed you know.