diff --git a/count-lines-of-code b/count-lines-of-code
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+#!/bin/sh
+E=/tmp/exclude-from-cloc
+echo -e 'kitty/wcwidth9.h\nkitty/unicode-data.h\nkitty/gl.h\nkitty/glfw.c\nkitty/glfw.h' > $E
+cloc --exclude-list-file=$E kitty
+rm $E