why there is no *.bash_profile* in the list..any hunch?
[email protected]:~$ ls -al
total 192
drwxrwxr-x 33 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 19:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2011-04-13 10:15 ..
drwx------ 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:59 .adobe
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1825 2011-04-13 19:08 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 131 2011-04-13 18:59 .bashrc
drwx------ 6 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 17:20 .cache
drwxr-xr-x 5 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 11:23 .clamtk
drwx------ 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:22 .compiz
drwxr-xr-x 12 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:59 .config
drwx------ 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 Desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 63 2011-04-13 17:20 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:05 Downloads
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 16 2011-04-13 09:43 .esd_auth
drwx------ 4 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 18:23 .gconf
drwx------ 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 19:02 .gconfd
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 0 2011-04-13 10:26 .gksu.lock
drwx------ 9 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 14:36 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 .gnome2_private
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:27 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 137 2011-04-13 17:20 .gtk-bookmarks
dr-x------ 2 oracle oinstall 0 2011-04-13 17:20 .gvfs
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1590 2011-04-13 17:20 .ICEauthority
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 257 2011-04-13 10:40 isqlplus
drwx------ 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:57 .kde
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 .local
drwx------ 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:59 .macromedia
drwx------ 4 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:16 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 Music
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 .nautilus
drwxrwx--- 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 19:15 oracle
drwxrwx--- 6 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:35 oraInventory
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 Public
drwx------ 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 17:20 .pulse
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 256 2011-04-13 09:43 .pulse-cookie
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 6596 2011-04-13 19:02 .recently-used.xbel
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:08 .rpmdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 0 2011-04-13 10:05 .sudo_as_admin_successful
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 Templates
drwx------ 3 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:44 .thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 09:43 Videos
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 610 2011-04-13 19:15 .viminfo
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-04-13 10:57 .xine
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 11916 2011-04-13 19:23 .xsession-errors
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 4260 2011-04-13 15:21 .xsession-errors.old
[email protected]:~$ vi .bash_profile