diff --git a/mvwrap/mvwrap b/mvwrap/mvwrap
index 9669a85..52b6807 100755
--- a/mvwrap/mvwrap
+++ b/mvwrap/mvwrap
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ closedir(DIRHANDLE);
 
 &lock;
 
+if ($opt_f) { &read_pattern; }
+
 if (@pattern) {
 	@target = @source;
 	&pattern_edit;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ if (@unsafe = &check_safety(\@source, \@target)) {
 
 # final move
 &move_files(\@source, \@target);
+if ( -e ".mv_wrap" ) { unlink (".mv_wrap"); }
 
 ########################################################
 
@@ -107,9 +110,14 @@ sub move_files {
 	}
 }
 
+sub read_pattern {
+	open PAT, "< $opt_f" or die "Couldn't open pattern file: $?\n";
+	@pattern = <PAT>;
+	close PAT;
+}
+
 sub pattern_edit {
 	my (@new_target, $pat);
-	foreach (@target) {print ;}
 	foreach $pat (@pattern) {
 		@new_target=();
 		foreach(@target) {
@@ -117,11 +125,9 @@ sub pattern_edit {
 			push @new_target, $_;
 		}
 		@target = @new_target;
-		foreach (@target) {print;}
 	}
 }
 
-
 # returns 0 if all entries in @target_list are unique. 1 if not.
 sub check_unique (@target_list){
 	my @uniqu;
@@ -192,13 +198,14 @@ sub unlock {
 sub cmdline {
 	%optctl = ();
 #	getopts("e:hp:", \%option);
-	&GetOptions("e=s", "h", "p=s", \@pattern);
+	&GetOptions("e=s", "h", "p=s", \@pattern, "f=s");
 	&GetOptions(\%optctl, "e");
 
 	&help if $opt_h;
 }
 
 sub help {
+	$opt_h = 1; # just get rid of that stupid message from -w
 	print << "EOT";
 
 This is a little script to make renaming large quantities of files easy.
@@ -208,8 +215,8 @@ environment variable. Which in turn can be overridden with the -e option.
 
 At the moment it takes the following options:
 -h			this help message
--e "editor"		invoke with this editor
--p "pattern"		use a pattern to edit
+-e "editor"		invoke with this editor; ignored if -f or -p is given
+-p "pattern"		use a pattern to edit; ignored if -f is given
 -f "file"		use a pattern file to edit
 
 EOT