source all files in a directory from .bash_profile

Question

I need to allow several applications to append to a system variable ($PYTHONPATH in this case). I'm thinking of designating a directory where each app can add a module (e.g. .bash_profile_modulename). Tried something like this in ~/.bash_profile:

find /home/mike/ -name ".bash_profile_*" | while read FILE; do
source "$FILE"
done;

but it doesn't appear to work.

Thanks in advance if you can offer a fix or any working solution.

-Mike

Answer 1

Wouldn't

 for f in ~/.bash_profile_*; do source $f; done

be sufficient?

Edit: Extra layer of ls ~/.bash_* simplified to direct bash globbing.

Answer 2

I agree with Dennis above; your solution should work (although the semicolon after "done" shouldn't be necessary). However, you can also use a for loop

for f in /path/to/dir*; do
   . $f
done

The command substitution of ls is not necessary, as in Dirk's answer. This is the mechanism used, for example, in /etc/bash_completion to source other bash completion scripts in /etc/bash_completion.d