Have loc(1df) skip symbolic links

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bin/loc b/bin/loc
index 16d355f2..d92dc886 100755
--- a/bin/loc
+++ b/bin/loc
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ fi
 # Iterate through each search term and run an appropriate find(1) command
 for pat ; do
 
-    # Skip dotfiles and dotdirs, print anything that matches the term as a
-    # substring (and stop iterating through it)
+    # Skip dotfiles, dotdirs, and symbolic links; print anything that matches
+    # the term as a substring (and stop iterating through it)
     find . \
         -name .\* ! -name . -prune -o \
+        -type l -prune -o \
         -name \*"$pat"\* -prune -print
 done
diff --git a/man/man1/loc.1df b/man/man1/loc.1df
index 2c3c3a80..a70d2d9b 100644
--- a/man/man1/loc.1df
+++ b/man/man1/loc.1df
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ PATTERN1 [PATTERN2...]
 .B loc
 is a simple wrapper around find(1) which searches in the current directory tree
 for filenames matching a pattern, and prints them to stdout, newline-separated.
-It skips dotfiles, and doesn't recurse further into a directory if it matches
-the terms. It is intended only for interactive use as a shortcut.
+It skips dotfiles and symbolic links, and doesn't recurse further into a
+directory if it matches the terms. It is intended only for interactive use as a
+shortcut.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>