local @ARGV = @_;
# Tom Christiansen in Message-ID: <24692.1217339882@chthon>
# reccomends essentially the following:
for (@ARGV){
   s/^(\s+)/.\/$1/;	# leading whitespace preserved
   s/^/< /;		# force open for input
   $_.=qq/\0/;	# trailing whitespace preserved & pipes forbidden
};