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import maya.cmds as cmdstemplate = cmds.ls(selection=True)if len(template)==1:		template=template[0]	children = cmds.ls(type='pointEmitter' )	children.remove(template)	for i in range(len(children)):		cmds.setAttr(children[i]+'.rate', cmds.getAttr(template+'.rate') )else:	print "Only Select the emitter to be used as an emmiter"