IOS – Where is the bash profile on iOS

This probably doesn't answer the mail question but here is some more info on the startup files.

Are you searching for the files in Finder? Make sure that you are searching from a terminal and using ls -A so that hidden files (files beginning with a '.') show up.

The following is from the Bash Reference Guide. It describes the startup files that are executed when you start a new terminal window in OS X (which is an interactive, login shell).

6.2 Bash Startup Files

This section describes how Bash executes its startup files. If any of the files exist but cannot be read, Bash reports an error. Tildes are expanded in file names as described above under Tilde Expansion (see Section 3.5.2 [Tilde Expansion], page 19).

Interactive shells are described in Section 6.3 [Interactive Shells], page 75.

Invoked as an interactive login shell, or with ‘--login’

When Bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-interactive shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists. After reading that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile, in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one that exists and is readable. The --noprofile option may be used when the shell is started to inhibit this behavior.

When a login shell exits, Bash reads and executes commands from the file ‘~/.bash_logout’, if it exists.

All you need to do is set the AppleShowAllFiles preference to "true." From terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles true

If you'd like to reverse the change, enter the following:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles false

For the changes to take effect, either restart the Finder or logout and back in.