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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent:
+#   o Construct a find command able to gather shell files for checking.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a string for invoking find \( excl-pattern \) -prune
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-shellcheck-find-excl = \
+  $(strip \
+	-name '__ignored__' \
+	$(foreach dir,$($(1)),-o -name $(dir)) \
+  )
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a find command to gather a list of python files
+##         with exclusions.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage:
+#	$(activate) & $(call gen-python-find-cmd) | $(args-n1) pylint
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-shellcheck-find-cmd = \
+  $(strip \
+    find . \
+      \( $(call gen-shellcheck-find-excl,onf-excl-dirs) \) -prune \
+      -o \( -iname '*.sh' \) \
+      -print0 \
+  )
+
+# [EOF]