1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cf b/bin/cf
index 362e4eba..5e2f42b9 100755
--- a/bin/cf
+++ b/bin/cf
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ for dir in "${@:-.}" ; do
         continue
     fi
 
+    # Make an escaped form of the directory to handle cases where the directory
+    # name actually has find(1) pattern metacharacters in it
+    dirx=$(printf %s "$dir" | sed 's/\([*?\[\]]\)/\\\1/g')
+
     # Count the files
     count=$(
-        find "$dir" ! -path "$dir" -prune -exec printf %.sx {} + |
+        find "$dir" ! -path "$dirx" -prune -exec printf %.sx {} + |
         wc -c
     )