diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 68cbebbadac3ac9acebd52cdb486c88669b91341..d9f58d5d7ee225d54e063d3e0dfe18482416827e 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ if ! shopt -oq posix; then
     . /etc/bash_completion
   fi
 fi
+
+# Handy dandy function to count files in a directory and its subdirectories
+function count {
+    find $1 -type f | wc -l
+}