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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting .bashrc files modifying the PS1 variable? Post 302256643 by otheus on Monday 10th of November 2008 09:54:40 AM
Old 11-10-2008
You have a good point, especially if the number of users is greater than 2 (and it usually is). However, in my defense, it's to be expected that the number of .bashrc files are relatively small compared to the overall execution time of the find. Also, in a very very large user-base, and in cases where directory names have funny characters (like spaces), the $() solution may produce unexpected or incorrect results.

My solution could also be made better with xargs.
 

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