diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e78e07a..d9bb2b9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ corrections:
 	replaced the select() calls by poll() to cleanly fix the problems with
 	many file descriptors already open
 
+further changes:
+	filan -s prefixes output with FD number if more than one FD
+
 ####################### V 1.6.0.1:
 
 new features:
diff --git a/fdname.c b/fdname.c
index 8ede9fe..b0d6210 100644
--- a/fdname.c
+++ b/fdname.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: fdname.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2003-2007 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2003-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* the subroutine sockname prints the basic info about the address of a socket
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int unixame(int fd, FILE *outfile);
 int tcpname(int fd, FILE *outfile);
 
 
-int fdname(const char *file, int fd, FILE *outfile) {
+int fdname(const char *file, int fd, FILE *outfile, const char *numform) {
    struct stat buf = {0};
    int filetype;
    Debug1("checking file descriptor %u", fd);
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ int fdname(const char *file, int fd, FILE *outfile) {
 	 }
       }
       filetype = (buf.st_mode&S_IFMT)>>12;
+      if (numform != NULL) {
+	 fprintf(outfile, numform, fd);
+      }
       return statname(file, fd, filetype, outfile);
    } else {
       if (Stat(file, &buf) < 0) {
diff --git a/filan.h b/filan.h
index 8ed3484..ca02950 100644
--- a/filan.h
+++ b/filan.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: filan.h */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2007 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern int ipan(int fd, FILE *outfile);
 extern int ip6an(int fd, FILE *outfile);
 #endif /* WITH_SOCKET */
 
-extern int fdname(const char *file, int fd, FILE *outfile);
+extern
+   int fdname(const char *file, int fd, FILE *outfile, const char *numform);
 
 #endif /* !defined(__filan_h_included) */
diff --git a/filan_main.c b/filan_main.c
index c03f8e2..32366a1 100644
--- a/filan_main.c
+++ b/filan_main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: filan_main.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2006 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 const char copyright[] = "filan by Gerhard Rieger - see http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/";
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ static void filan_usage(FILE *fd);
 int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
    const char **arg1, *a;
    const char *filename = NULL, *waittimetxt;
-   unsigned int m = 0, n = 1024;	/* this is default on my Linux */
+   unsigned int m = 0;		/* first FD (default) */
+   unsigned int n = 1024;	/* last excl.; this is default on my Linux */
    unsigned int i;
    int style = 0;
    struct timespec waittime = { 0, 0 };
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
 	    }
 	 }
          m = strtoul(a, (char **)&a, 0);
-	 n = m+1;
+	 n = m;
 	 break;
       case 'n': if (arg1[0][2]) {
 	    a = *arg1+2;
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
 #endif
 	 filan_file(filename, fdout);
       } else {
+	 if (m == n) {
+	    ++n;
+	 }
 	 for (i = m; i < n; ++i) {
 	    filan_fd(i, fdout);
 	 }
@@ -189,12 +193,16 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
 	    Debug2("open(\"%s\", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE, 0700): %s",
 		   filename, strerror(errno));
 	 }
-	 fdname(filename, fd, fdout);
+	 fdname(filename, fd, fdout, NULL);
 #endif
-	 fdname(filename, -1, fdout);
+	 fdname(filename, -1, fdout, NULL);
       } else {
-	 for (i = m; i < n; ++i) {
-	    fdname("", i, fdout);
+	 if (m == n) {
+	    fdname("", m, fdout, NULL);
+	 } else {
+	    for (i = m; i < n; ++i) {
+	       fdname("", i, fdout, "%5u ");
+	    }
 	 }
       }
    }