diff --git a/.github/workflows/shell-format.yml b/.github/workflows/shell-format.yml
index 0a51c43..5d9755b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shell-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shell-format.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "No shell files found; skipping shfmt"
             exit 0
           fi
-          shfmt -i 4 -ci -sr -d "${files[@]}"
+          "${search_cmd[@]}" -exec shfmt -i 4 -ci -sr -d {} +
 
       - name: Run shellcheck
         run: |
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
             echo "No shell files found; skipping shellcheck"
             exit 0
           fi
-          shellcheck --rcfile .shellcheckrc "${files[@]}"
+          "${search_cmd[@]}" -exec shellcheck --rcfile .shellcheckrc {} +