diff --git a/src/pg.c b/src/pg.c
index e99c91f..72cdb2a 100644
--- a/src/pg.c
+++ b/src/pg.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include <errno.h> /* errno */
 #include <stdbool.h> /* bool */
 #include <stdio.h> /* fclose(3), feof(3), fgetc(3), fgets(3), fopen(3),
-                    * fprintf(3), fputc(3), stderr, stdin, stdout, EOF, FILE,
-                    * NULL */
+                    * fprintf(3), fputc(3), perror(3), stderr, stdin, stdout,
+                    * EOF, FILE, NULL */
 #include <stdlib.h> /* size_t */
 #include <string.h> /* strchr(3), strcmp(3), strerror(3), strtok(3) */
 #include <unistd.h> /* getopt(3) */
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ static struct {
 	enum { LINES = 0, BYTES = 1 } type;
 } default_page_unit = { 22, LINES } /* Plan 9 default */;
 
-static FILE *input;
 static char *prompt = ": ";
 static char *program_name = "pg";
 
@@ -80,17 +79,15 @@ strtok_quoted(char *str, char *sep) {
 				case '\\':
 					/* if literal \\, permute out a backslash */
 					if (in_escape) { permute_out(s, i--); }
-
 					in_escape = !in_escape;
-
 					break;
 				case '"':
 					if (in_escape) { // \"
 						s[i] = s[i - 1];
-						permute_out(s, i--); // permute out backslash
+						(void)permute_out(s, i--); // permute out backslash
 					} else if (in_quotes != -1) {
-						permute_out(s, in_quotes); --i; // permute out first "
-						permute_out(s, i--); // permute out second "
+						(void)permute_out(s, in_quotes); --i; // first "
+						(void)permute_out(s, i--); // second "
 						in_quotes = -1;
 					} else { in_quotes = i; }
 					break;
@@ -137,14 +134,13 @@ cmd_quit(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) { return EX_UNAVAILABLE; }
 
 static int
 cmd_default_page(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
-
 	if (argc > 1) { return EX_USAGE; } // should be impossible
 	else if (default_page_unit.type == BYTES) {
-		return pg_b_u(input, default_page_unit.quantity) == EOF
+		return pg_b_u(stdin, default_page_unit.quantity) == EOF
 			? EX_UNAVAILABLE
 			: EX_OK;
 	} else if (default_page_unit.type == LINES) {
-		return pg_l_u(input, default_page_unit.quantity, '\n') == EOF
+		return pg_l_u(stdin, default_page_unit.quantity, '\n') == EOF
 			? EX_UNAVAILABLE
 			: EX_OK;
 	} else { return EX_SOFTWARE; }
@@ -156,7 +152,7 @@ cmd_page_down_lines(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 		case 1: return cmd_default_page(argc, argv, envp);
 		case 2: /* not implemented */
 		default:
-			fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s" /*" (lines)"*/ "\n", argv[0]);
+			(void)fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s" /*" (lines)"*/ "\n", argv[0]);
 			return EX_USAGE;
 	}
 }
@@ -164,9 +160,6 @@ cmd_page_down_lines(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 /* A CmdMap must be NULL-terminated. */
 static struct CmdMap{ char *name; int (*fn)(int, char **, char **); }
 builtins[] = {
-	{ "", cmd_default_page },
-	{ "+", cmd_page_down_lines },
-
 	/* don't make the user feel trapped */
 	{ ":q", cmd_quit }, { ":q!", cmd_quit },
 	{ "exit", cmd_quit }, { "q", cmd_quit }, { "Q", cmd_quit },
@@ -203,11 +196,19 @@ cmdline_exec(struct CmdMap *map, char *cmdline, char **envp) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: not found\n", program_name, argv[0]);
+	(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: not found\n", program_name, argv[0]);
 	return EX_USAGE;
 }
 
-int usage(char *argv0) {
+static int
+ioerr(char *argv0) {
+	perror(argv0);
+
+	return EX_IOERR;
+}
+
+static int
+usage(char *argv0) {
 	(void)fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-p prompt]\n", argv0);
 
 	return EX_USAGE;
@@ -217,8 +218,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	unsigned char cmd[CMDLINE_MAX];
 	FILE *t;
 
-	input = stdin;
-
 	if (argc > 0) {
 		int c;
 
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if(argc > optind) { return usage(program_name); }
 
 
-	if((t = fopen("/dev/tty", "rb")) == NULL){
+	if ((t = fopen("/dev/tty", "rb")) == NULL) {
 		(void)fprintf(
 			stderr,
 			"%s: /dev/tty: %s\n",
@@ -247,9 +246,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {
-		fputs(prompt, stderr);
-		fgets((char *)cmd, (sizeof cmd) / (sizeof *cmd), t);
-		if(strchr((char *)cmd, '\n') == NULL) { /* fast-forward stream */
+		if ( /* prompt and receive */
+			fputs(prompt, stderr) == EOF
+		    || fgets((char *)cmd, (sizeof cmd) / (sizeof *cmd), t) == NULL
+		) { return ioerr(program_name); }
+
+		if (strchr((char *)cmd, '\n') == NULL) { /* fast-forward stream */
 			int c;
 
 			while ((c = fgetc(t)) != '\n') {
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if(feof(t)) { return EX_OK; }
+		if (feof(t)) { return EX_OK; }
 
 		{
 			int r;