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If your system has strace then you can list the files opened by the shell, for example using

echo exit | strace bash -li |& grep '^open'

(-li means login shell interactive; use only -i for an interactive non-login shell.)

This will show a list of files which the shell opened or tried to open. On my system, they are as follows:

1. /etc/profile
2. /etc/profile.d/* (various scripts in /etc/profile.d/)
3. /home/<username>/.bash_profile (this fails, I have no such file)
4. /home/<username>/.bash_login (this fails, I have no such file)
5. /home/<username>/.profile
6. /home/<username>/.bashrc
7. /home/<username>/.bash_history (history of command lines; this is not a script)
8. /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
9. /etc/bash_completion.d/* (various scripts providing autocompletion functionality)
10. /etc/inputrc (defines key bindings; this is not a script)

Use man strace for more information.