# add parameters to our chewed_line, but skip items if they are flags we don't
# implement.
foreach $dir (@arg_list) {
+#hmmm: fix this by using a pattern, to exclude cmd line parms, but recognize some of them, like recursive? hmmm.
if ($dir eq "-al") { next; } # skip ls directives.
if ($dir eq "-l") { next; } # skip ls directives.
$chewed_line = $chewed_line . " \"$dir\"";