Macos – Unable to get Postgresql commands to work in terminal

After installing Postgresql by dragging folder into my applications folder I am unable to get commands to work in the terminal and unable to add the path so that is shows up using the command $ echo $PATH.

Postgres starts in the terminal using the elephant icon on the system tray and selecting "open psql" so I believe it installed correctly.

I tried adding all different combinations of the following lines to my .bash_profile

PATH="/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/MacOS/bin:$PATH"

then

PATH="/Applications/Postgres93.app/Contents/MacOS/bin:$PATH"

then

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Postgres93.app/Contents/MacOS/bin

and finally

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Postgres93.app/Contents/MacOS/bin

After each attempt I ran $ source $HOME/.bash_profile and then checked path and/or tried $psql $ which psql to no avail.

Also tried adding lines to .bashrc, .profile and .zshrc without luck.

The path to the executable commands bin folder in the app (psql, createdb, createlang, etc..) is

$ /Applications/Postgres93.app/Contents/MacOS/bin

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

running OSX 10.9.1
– posted question on stackoverflow but may be more appropriate here…??

adding my .bash_profile below—–

PS1="\u$ "
alias ll="ls -lahG"
alias finder="open `pwd`"
export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"
export PATH=/Applications/Postgres93.app/Contents/MacOS/bin:$PATH
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=HBfxcxdxbxegedabagacadexport PATH=/usr/local/bin:/Users/Jimmy/.rvm/gems/ruby-   2.0.0-p195/bin:/Users/Jimmy/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p195@global/bin:/Users/Jimmy/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p195/bin:/Users/Jimmy/.rvm/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:~/bin:$PATH"

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*