diff --git a/scripts/lint_urls.sh b/scripts/lint_urls.sh
index 7a016a679284..41cbff773844 100755
--- a/scripts/lint_urls.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint_urls.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ running_jobs() {
 }
 
 while IFS=: read -r filepath url; do
-  fpath="$filepath"
   (
     code=$(curl -k -gsLm30 --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 --retry-connrefused -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -I "$url") || code=000
     if [ "$code" -lt 200 ] || [ "$code" -ge 400 ]; then
@@ -42,10 +41,10 @@ while IFS=: read -r filepath url; do
       fi
     fi
     if [ "$code" -lt 200 ] || [ "$code" -ge 400 ]; then
-      printf "${red}%s${reset} ${yellow}%s${reset} %s\n" "$code" "$url" "$fpath" >&2
+      printf "${red}%s${reset} ${yellow}%s${reset} %s\n" "$code" "$url" "$filepath" >&2
       exit 1
     else
-      printf "${green}%s${reset} ${cyan}%s${reset} %s\n" "$code" "$url" "$fpath"
+      printf "${green}%s${reset} ${cyan}%s${reset} %s\n" "$code" "$url" "$filepath"
       exit 0
     fi
   ) &
@@ -53,19 +52,24 @@ while IFS=: read -r filepath url; do
   while [ "$(running_jobs)" -ge "$max_jobs" ]; do
     sleep 1
   done
-done < <(
-  git --no-pager grep --no-color -I -P -o \
-    '(?!.*@lint-ignore)(?<!git\+)(?<!\$\{)https?://(?![^\s<>\")]*[<>\{\}\$])[^[:space:]<>\")\[\]\(\\]+' \
-    -- '*' \
-    ':(exclude).*' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/.*' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.lock' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.svg' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.xml' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.gradle*' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/*gradle*' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/third-party/**' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/third_party/**' \
+ done < <(
+  pattern='(?!.*@lint-ignore)(?<!git\+)(?<!\$\{)https?://(?![^\s<>\")]*[<>\{\}\$])[^[:space:]<>")\[\]\\]+'
+  excludes=(
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/.*'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.lock'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.svg'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.xml'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.gradle*'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*gradle*'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/third-party/**'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/third_party/**'
+  )
+  if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+    paths=("$@")
+  else
+    paths=('*')
+  fi
+  git --no-pager grep --no-color -I -P -o "$pattern" -- "${paths[@]}" "${excludes[@]}" \
   | sed -E 's/[^/[:alnum:]]+$//' \
   | grep -Ev '://(0\.0\.0\.0|127\.0\.0\.1|localhost)([:/])' \
   | grep -Ev 'fwdproxy:8080' \
diff --git a/scripts/lint_xrefs.sh b/scripts/lint_xrefs.sh
index 2df95f2a7ba3..7a26211b0108 100755
--- a/scripts/lint_xrefs.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint_xrefs.sh
@@ -18,16 +18,23 @@ while IFS=: read -r filepath link; do
     status=1
   fi
 done < <(
-  git --no-pager grep --no-color -I -P -o \
-    '(?!.*@lint-ignore)(?:\[[^]]+\]\([^[:space:])]*/[^[:space:])]*\)|href="[^"]*/[^"]*"|src="[^"]*/[^"]*")' \
-    -- '*' \
-    ':(exclude).*' \
-    ':(exclude)**/.*' \
-    ':(exclude)**/*.lock' \
-    ':(exclude)**/*.svg' \
-    ':(exclude)**/*.xml' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/third-party/**' \
-    ':(exclude,glob)**/third_party/**' \
+  pattern='(?!.*@lint-ignore)(?:\[[^]]+\]\([^[:space:]\)]+/[^[:space:]\)]+\)|href="[^"]*/[^"]*"|src="[^"]*/[^"]*")'
+  excludes=(
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/.*'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.lock'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.svg'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.xml'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*.gradle*'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/*gradle*'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/third-party/**'
+    ':(exclude,glob)**/third_party/**'
+  )
+  if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+    paths=("$@")
+  else
+    paths=('*')
+  fi
+  git --no-pager grep --no-color -I -P -o "$pattern" -- "${paths[@]}" "${excludes[@]}" \
   | grep -Ev 'https?://' \
   | sed -E \
       -e 's#([^:]+):\[[^]]+\]\(([^)]+)\)#\1:\2#' \