- if ($dir == "-al") { next; } # skip ls directives.
- if ($dir == "-l") { next; } # skip ls directives.
+#hmmm: fix this by using a pattern, to exclude cmd line parms, but recognize some of them, like recursive? hmmm.
+ if ($dir eq "-al") { next; } # skip ls directives.
+ if ($dir eq "-l") { next; } # skip ls directives.