[Maflynn]

Does the Terminal use a .profile, if so where does it exist.
Spotlight in its great usefulness does not scan all of the drive (library, etc, bin) and I'd like to start learning more about unix.

I'm going through the Unix Powertools and I'm at the section about the prompt. I can change it at the command line but I'd like to have it set permently when ever I invoke a new shell.

[jmgriff]

Just create an empty .profile file in your home directory with a text editor (e.g. nano .profile). One doesn't exist by default - terminal.app just reads the configuration files in /etc, which you shouldn't need to mess with.

[Maflynn]

Cool, thanks, I wasn't sure if the .profile existed in an alternate location.

[[APi]TheMan]

Originally Posted by Maflynn

Cool, thanks, I wasn't sure if the .profile existed in an alternate location.

There exists a system-wide profile, /etc/profile, but yah, you should create your own .profile in your home directory because it will get processed after the system one does.