.bash_profile

sh-2.05$ whoami
aragon
sh-2.05$ cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile

alias e=emacs
alias rm='rm -i'
....

sh-2.05$ alias
alias a='alias'
alias e='emacs'
alias ll='ls -l --color=tty'
alias ls='ls --color=tty'
alias which='alias | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --show-dot --show-tilde'
sh-2.05$
sh-2.05$ ls -la | grep bash
-rw-------    1 aragon aragon    12760 Nov 21 19:45 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--    1 aragon aragon       24 Mar 10  2003 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--    1 aragon aragon      289 Nov 21 19:39 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--    1 aragon aragon      202 Nov 21 19:33 .bashrc
sh-2.05$ ls -la | grep profile
-rw-r--r--    1 aragon aragon      289 Nov 21 19:39 .bash_profile
sh-2.05$