diff --git a/wip/peek/peek.c b/wip/peek/peek.c
index 9662609..8569173 100644
--- a/wip/peek/peek.c
+++ b/wip/peek/peek.c
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
+/* #include <errno.h> /* errno */
 #include <stdio.h> /* fprintf(3), getc(3), putc(3), EOF */
+#include <stdlib.h> /* size_t */
 #if !defined EX_OK || !defined EX_USAGE
 #	include <sysexits.h>
 #endif
 #include <termios.h> /* tcgetattr(3), tcsetattr(3), struct termios, ECHO */
-#include <unistd.h> /* getopt(3), STDIN_FILENO */
+#include <unistd.h> /* getopt(3), write(2), STDERR_FILENO, STDIN_FILENO */
 
 static char *program_name = "peek";
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	int c;
 	int eof;
+	size_t i;
 	char include_eof;
-	char to_stderr;
-	char to_stdout;
+	size_t j;
+	int outputs[] = {0 /* stdout */, 0 /* stderr */, 0 /* -p */, 0};
 	struct termios t;
 
 	/* disable terminal echo */
@@ -26,10 +29,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	to_stdout = 0;
 	while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "1enop:")) != -1)
 		switch(c){
-		case '1': eof = '\n'; break;
-		case 'e': to_stderr = 1; break;
-		case 'n': include_eof = 1; break;
-		case 'o': to_stdout = 1; break;
+		case '1': eof = '\n';                 break;
+		case 'n': include_eof = 1;            break;
+		case 'o': outputs[0] = STDIN_FILENO;  break;
+		case 'e': outputs[1] = STDERR_FILENO; break;
 		case 'p': printf("not yet implemented\n");
 		default:
 			fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s (-1eno) (-p [program])\n",
@@ -37,18 +40,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 			return EX_USAGE;
 		}
 
-	while((c = getc(stdin)) != eof){
-		if(to_stdout && putc(c, stdout) != c)
-			return EX_OK; /* broken pipe */
-		if(to_stderr)
-			putc(c, stderr);
-	}
+	/* permute non-zero outputs to front */
+	for(i = 0; i < (sizeof outputs) / (sizeof *outputs) - 1; ++i)
+		if(outputs[i] == 0)
+			for(j = 1; j < (sizeof outputs) / (sizeof *outputs);
+					++j)
+				outputs[j - 1] = outputs[j];
 
-	if(include_eof && to_stdout)
-		putc(c, stdout);
-
-	if(include_eof && to_stderr)
-		putc(c, stderr);
+	do{	if((c = getc(stdin)) != eof || include_eof)
+			for(i = 0; outputs[i] != 0; ++i);
+				if(write(outputs[i], &c, 1) != 1)
+					{/* errro */}
+	}while(c != eof);
 
 	tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &t);
 	t.c_lflag |= ECHO;