diff --git a/src/scrut.c b/src/scrut.c
index 74a96dc..cb84f33 100644
--- a/src/scrut.c
+++ b/src/scrut.c
@@ -26,87 +26,65 @@
                        * S_ISFIFO, S_ISGID, S_ISREG, S_ISLNK, S_ISSOCK,
                        * S_ISUID, S_ISVTX */
 
-static char args[] = "bcdefghkprsuwxLS";
-static char ops[(sizeof args) / (sizeof *args)];
-static char *program_name = "scrut";
+char *program_name = "scrut";
+static char args[] = "bcdefgkprsuwxLS";
 
 int usage(char *s) {
-	fprintf(
-		stderr,
-		"Usage: %s [-%s] file...\n",
-		s == NULL ? program_name : s, args
-	);
-
+	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-%s] file...\n", s, args);
 	return EX_USAGE;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	struct stat buf;
-	int c;
-	size_t i;
-	char *p;
+	char sel[(sizeof args) / (sizeof *args)];
 
-	if (argc < 2) { return usage(argv[0]); }
+	if (argc < 2) { return usage(argv[0] == NULL ? program_name : argv[0]); }
 
-	memset(ops, '\0', sizeof ops);
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, args)) != -1) {
-		if ((p = strchr(args, c)) == NULL) {
-			return usage(argv[0]);
-		} else {
-			ops[p - args] = c;
+	{ /* option parsing */
+		char *p;
+
+		memset(sel, '\0', sizeof sel);
+		for (int c; (c = getopt(argc, argv, args)) != -1;) {
+			if ((p = strchr(args, c)) == NULL) { return usage(argv[0]); }
+			else { sel[p - args] = c; }
 		}
-	}
 
-	/* straighten out ops */
-	for (i = 0, p = ops; i < (sizeof ops) / (sizeof *ops); ++i) {
-		if (ops[i] != '\0') {
-			*p = ops[i];
-			if (&ops[i] != p++) { ops[i] = '\0'; }
+		/* straighten out selections */
+		for (size_t i = 0, p = sel; i < (sizeof sel) / (sizeof *sel); ++i) {
+			if (sel[i] != '\0') {
+				*p = sel[i];
+				if (&sel[i] != p++) { sel[i] = '\0'; }
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (optind == argc) { return usage(argv[0]); }
 
-	argv += optind;
-	do { /* while(*++argv != NULL); */
+	for (argv += optind ; *argv != NULL; ++argv) {
+		struct stat buf;
+
 		if(access(*argv, F_OK) != 0 || lstat(*argv, &buf) == -1) {
 			return EXIT_FAILURE; /* doesn't exist or isn't stattable */
 		}
 
-		for (i = 0; ops[i] != '\0'; ++i)
-			if (ops[i] == 'e') {
-				continue;
-			} else if (ops[i] == 'h') {
-				return usage(argv[0]);
-			} else if (
-					(ops[i] == 'b'
-						&& !S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'c'
-						&& !S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'd'
-						&& !S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'f'
-						&& !S_ISREG(buf.st_mode))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'g'
-						&& !(buf.st_mode & S_ISGID))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'k'
-						&& !(buf.st_mode & S_ISVTX))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'p'
-						&& !S_ISFIFO(buf.st_mode))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'r'
-						&& access(*argv, R_OK) != 0)
-					|| (ops[i] == 'u'
-						&& !(buf.st_mode & S_ISUID))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'w'
-						&& access(*argv, W_OK) != 0)
-					|| (ops[i] == 'x'
-						&& access(*argv, X_OK) != 0)
-					|| (ops[i] == 'L'
-						&& !S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode))
-					|| (ops[i] == 'S'
-						&& !S_ISSOCK(buf.st_mode))
+		for (size_t i = 0; sel[i] != '\0'; ++i) {
+			if (
+					(sel[i] == 'b' && !S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'c' && !S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'd' && !S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'e' && 0)
+					|| (sel[i] == 'f' && !S_ISREG(buf.st_mode))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'g' && !(buf.st_mode & S_ISGID))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'k' && !(buf.st_mode & S_ISVTX))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'p' && !S_ISFIFO(buf.st_mode))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'r' && access(*argv, R_OK) != 0)
+					|| (sel[i] == 'u' && !(buf.st_mode & S_ISUID))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'w' && access(*argv, W_OK) != 0)
+					|| (sel[i] == 'x' && access(*argv, X_OK) != 0)
+					|| (sel[i] == 'L' && !S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode))
+					|| (sel[i] == 'S' && !S_ISSOCK(buf.st_mode))
 			) { return EXIT_FAILURE; }
-	} while(*++argv != NULL);
+		}
+	}
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }