diff --git a/cat.c b/cat.c
index 816cb41..6db1761 100644
--- a/cat.c
+++ b/cat.c
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if(argc == 0) {
 		concat(stdin, "<stdin>", stdout, "<stdout>");
 	} else for(i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[i], "r")))
-			eprintf("fopen %s:", argv[i]);
-
+		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[i], "r"))) {
+			weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[i]);
+			continue;
+		}
 		concat(fp, argv[i], stdout, "<stdout>");
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
diff --git a/cksum.c b/cksum.c
index 725c392..8347a88 100644
--- a/cksum.c
+++ b/cksum.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	} else {
 		for(; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
 			if (!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "fopen %s: %s\n", argv[0],
-					strerror(errno));
+				weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
 				continue;
 			}
 			cksum(fp, argv[0]);
diff --git a/cut.c b/cut.c
index 7e30361..b058301 100644
--- a/cut.c
+++ b/cut.c
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if(!argc)
 		cut(stdin);
 	else for(; argc--; argv++) {
-		if(!(fp = strcmp(*argv, "-") ? fopen(*argv, "r") : stdin))
-			eprintf("fopen %s:", *argv);
+		if(!(fp = strcmp(*argv, "-") ? fopen(*argv, "r") : stdin)) {
+			weprintf("fopen %s:", *argv);
+			continue;
+		}
 		cut(fp);
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
diff --git a/du.c b/du.c
index e7a64f3..525ed9b 100644
--- a/du.c
+++ b/du.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -120,8 +119,7 @@ du(const char *path)
 
 	dp = opendir(path);
 	if (!dp) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "opendir: %s: %s\n", path,
-			strerror(errno));
+		weprintf("opendir %s:", path);
 		goto done;
 	}
 
diff --git a/expand.c b/expand.c
index beebece..f859452 100644
--- a/expand.c
+++ b/expand.c
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	} else {
 		for (; argc > 0; argc--) {
 			if (!(fp = fopen(*argv, "r"))) {
-				eprintf("fopen %s:", *argv);
+				weprintf("fopen %s:", *argv);
+				continue;
 			}
 			dsc.name = *argv;
 			dsc.fp = fp;
diff --git a/fold.c b/fold.c
index 4dfaf11..5516aae 100644
--- a/fold.c
+++ b/fold.c
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "text.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -48,8 +46,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		fold(stdin, width);
 	} else for(; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
 		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "fopen %s: %s\n", argv[0],
-				strerror(errno));
+			weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
 			continue;
 		}
 		fold(fp, width);
diff --git a/head.c b/head.c
index 6578f89..ccd619c 100644
--- a/head.c
+++ b/head.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		head(stdin, "<stdin>", n);
 	} else for(; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
 		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "fopen %s: %s\n", argv[0],
-				strerror(errno));
+			weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
 			continue;
 		}
 		head(fp, argv[0], n);
diff --git a/nl.c b/nl.c
index e35b043..cf458b8 100644
--- a/nl.c
+++ b/nl.c
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if(argc == 0) {
 		nl(stdin);
 	} else for(; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
-		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r")))
-			eprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
+		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
+			weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
+			continue;
+		}
 		nl(fp);
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
diff --git a/sort.c b/sort.c
index 078b70f..f992423 100644
--- a/sort.c
+++ b/sort.c
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if(argc == 0) {
 		getlines(stdin, &linebuf);
 	} else for(; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
-		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r")))
-			eprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
+		if(!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
+			weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
+			continue;
+		}
 		getlines(fp, &linebuf);
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
diff --git a/stat.c b/stat.c
index c6f7da6..37d8676 100644
--- a/stat.c
+++ b/stat.c
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 		fn = Lflag ? stat : lstat;
 		if (fn(argv[i], &st) == -1) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s %s: ", Lflag ? "stat" : "lstat",
-				argv[i]);
-			perror(NULL);
+			weprintf("%s %s:", Lflag ? "stat" : "lstat", argv[i]);
 			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/strings.c b/strings.c
index c407b56..01feb66 100644
--- a/strings.c
+++ b/strings.c
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		dostrings(stdin, "<stdin>");
 	} else {
 		for (; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
-			if (!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r")))
-				eprintf("open %s:", argv[0]);
+			if (!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
+				weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
+				continue;
+			}
 			dostrings(fp, argv[0]);
 			fclose(fp);
 		}
diff --git a/tail.c b/tail.c
index b01b0e8..c481e99 100644
--- a/tail.c
+++ b/tail.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	} else {
 		for (; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
 			if(!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "fopen %s: %s\n", argv[0],
-					strerror(errno));
+				weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
 				continue;
 			}
 			tail(fp, argv[0], n);
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index 620390a..f7e8780 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ long estrtol(const char *, int);
 void fnck(const char *, const char *, int (*)(const char *, const char *));
 void putword(const char *);
 void recurse(const char *, void (*)(const char *));
-
+void weprintf(const char *, ...);
diff --git a/util/eprintf.c b/util/eprintf.c
index a21fe42..4b12902 100644
--- a/util/eprintf.c
+++ b/util/eprintf.c
@@ -45,3 +45,17 @@ venprintf(int status, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	exit(status);
 }
 
+void
+weprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	if (fmt[0] && fmt[strlen(fmt)-1] == ':') {
+		fputc(' ', stderr);
+		perror(NULL);
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wc.c b/wc.c
index 5b89d40..ba76a68 100644
--- a/wc.c
+++ b/wc.c
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		wc(stdin, NULL);
 	} else {
 		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-			if(!(fp = fopen(argv[i], "r")))
-				eprintf("fopen %s:", argv[i]);
+			if(!(fp = fopen(argv[i], "r"))) {
+				weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[i]);
+				continue;
+			}
 			wc(fp, argv[i]);
 			fclose(fp);
 		}