| find -writable as the user to check the resulting paths. That might be more efficient than a shell loop using [ -w " | command line - Terminal: List all directories for which a user or group has write permission - Ask Ubuntu : http://askubuntu.com/questions/746818/terminal-list-all-directories-for-which-a-user-or-group-has-write-permission | |
| find -writable is that it's not portable and it's not easy to emulate correctly with portable find operators. If your version of find doesn't have it | linux - Find all writable files in the current directory - Stack Overflow : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2491985/find-all-writable-files-in-the-current-directory |