What apps use ~/.bash_profile? I accidentally deleted my ~/.bash_profile, and want to know which apps will go down. What most common apps (development apps) use this file?
Generally, none of them should use it, since it is a bash-related file, and it won't be sourced/loaded if another shell is used.

Be sure to add the following line to a new ~/.bash_profile:

[[ -s "$HOME/.profile" ]] &amp;&amp; source "$HOME/.profile" # Loads the default .profile