1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/cat.c b/cat.c
index 1f4ef4af8..758a83e6b 100644
--- a/cat.c
+++ b/cat.c
@@ -49,14 +49,12 @@ extern int cat_main(int argc, char **argv)
     argv++;
 
     while (argc-- > 0) {
-        file = fopen(*argv, "r");
+        file = fopen(*(argv++), "r");
         if (file == NULL) {
             perror(*argv);
             exit(FALSE);
         }
         print_file( file);
-        argc--;
-        argv++;
     }
     exit(TRUE);
 }