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+# Convenience find(1) wrapper for path substrings
+
+# Require at least one search term
+if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] ; then
+    printf >&2 'loc: Need a search term\n'
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+# Iterate through each search term and run an appropriate find(1) command
+for pat ; do
+
+    # Skip dotfiles, dotdirs, and symbolic links; print anything that matches
+    # the term as a substring (and stop iterating through it)
+    find . \
+        -name .\* ! -name . -prune -o \
+        -type l -prune -o \
+        -name \*"$pat"\* -prune -print
+done