oracle dislike,sqlplus: command not found on Linux — oracle-tech

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