diff --git a/bish.cc b/bish.cc
index 22728b3..de1b6c4 100644
--- a/bish.cc
+++ b/bish.cc
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
             command *cmd = parse(split(it.c_str()));
             int num_cmds = cmd->cmds.size();
             // debug info
-            print_cmd(cmd);
+            // print_cmd(cmd);
 
-            // clear line var
+            // clear line var cause we already parsed it
             free(line);
             line = (char*)NULL;
 
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
                 int in = 0, fd[2];
                 for (int i = 0; i < num_cmds-1; i++) {
-                    if (!pipe(fd)) perror("pipe");
-                    // dup_io(in, fd[1]);
+                    if (pipe(fd)) perror("pipe");
+                    cmd->cmds[i].ispipe = true;
                     cmd->cmds[i].infd = in;
                     cmd->cmds[i].outfd = fd[1];
                     expand_and_execute(&cmd->cmds[i]);
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                     in = fd[0];
                 }
                 if (in != 0) {
-                    // dup_io(in, 1);
+                    cmd->cmds[num_cmds-1].ispipe = true;
                     cmd->cmds[num_cmds-1].infd = in;
                     cmd->cmds[num_cmds-1].outfd = 1;
                     expand_and_execute(&cmd->cmds[num_cmds-1]);
                 }
             }
             else {
+                cmd->cmds[0].ispipe = false;
                 expand_and_execute(&cmd->cmds[0]);
             }
 
diff --git a/parse.h b/parse.h
index a2d0290..6834600 100644
--- a/parse.h
+++ b/parse.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct simple_command {
   string outfile;
   int infd;
   int outfd;
+  bool ispipe;
 };
 // command struct
 struct command {
diff --git a/util_fns.cc b/util_fns.cc
index a2fdb47..acebdb0 100644
--- a/util_fns.cc
+++ b/util_fns.cc
@@ -46,91 +46,49 @@ char** v_to_cpp(vector<string> vargs) {
 }
 
 
-void bishexec(simple_command* cmd, int infd, int outfd) {
-
-  // if (!remap_pipe_stdin_stdout(infd, outfd)) {
-  //   perror("dup2");
-  //   // return;
-  // }
-  if (outfd != 1) {
-    if (dup2(outfd, 1) == -1) {
-      perror("dup2 outfile");
-      exit(0);
-    }
-  }
-  if (infd != 0) {
-    if (dup2(infd, 0) == -1) {
-      perror("dup2 infile");
-      exit(0);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // try to run it as is
-  execvp(cmd->vargs[0].c_str(), v_to_cpp(cmd->vargs));
-
-  // search the path
-  // vector<string> path = split(getenv("PATH"), ':');
-  // stringstream curr;
-
-  // for (auto iter: path) {
-  //   curr.str("");
-  //   curr << iter << "/" << cmd->vargs[0];
-  //   execv(curr.str().c_str(), v_to_cpp(cmd->vargs));
-  // }
-  // nothing found here...
-  cout << "that's not a command, bish" << endl;
-}
-
 
 
 void check_cmd_io(simple_command *cmd) {
-  if (cmd->infile != "") {
-    cmd->infd = open(cmd->infile.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
-    if (cmd->infd < 0) {
-      perror("infile");
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-  else cmd->infd = 0;
-
-  if (cmd->outfile != "") {
-    cmd->outfd = open(cmd->outfile.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
-    if (cmd->outfd < 0) {
-      perror("outfile");
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-  else cmd->outfd = 1;
-}
-
-
-
-void dup_io(int infd, int outfd, bool ispipe) {
-  cout << "in: " << infd << "out: " << outfd << endl;
-  if (ispipe) {
-    if (!remap_pipe_stdin_stdout(infd, outfd)) {
-      perror("dup2");
-      return;
+  if (cmd->ispipe) {
+    if (!remap_pipe_stdin_stdout(cmd->infd, cmd->outfd)) {
+      // perror("dup2-remap_pipe_stdin_stdout");
     }
+    return;
   }
   else {
-    if (outfd != 1) {
-      if (dup2(outfd, 1) == -1) {
-        perror("dup2 outfile");
-        exit(0);
+    if (cmd->infile != "") {
+      cmd->infd = open(cmd->infile.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+      if (cmd->infd < 0) {
+        perror("infile");
+        return;
       }
-    }
-    if (infd != 0) {
-      if (dup2(infd, 0) == -1) {
+      if (dup2(cmd->infd, 0) == -1) {
         perror("dup2 infile");
         exit(0);
       }
     }
+    else cmd->infd = 0;
+
+    if (cmd->outfile != "") {
+      cmd->outfd = open(cmd->outfile.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
+      if (cmd->outfd < 0) {
+        perror("outfile");
+        return;
+      }
+      if (dup2(cmd->outfd, 1) == -1) {
+        perror("dup2 outfile");
+        exit(0);
+      }
+    }
+    else cmd->outfd = 1;
   }
 }
 
 
 
+
+
+
 // http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Wordexp-Example.html
 int expand_and_execute (simple_command *cmd) {
   const char *program = cmd->vargs[0].c_str();
@@ -179,7 +137,6 @@ int expand_and_execute (simple_command *cmd) {
       /* This is the child process.  Execute the command. */
       // int in = 0, out = 1;
       check_cmd_io(cmd);
-      dup_io(cmd->infd, cmd->outfd);
 
       execvp (result.we_wordv[0], result.we_wordv);
       exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -203,7 +160,6 @@ int expand_and_execute (simple_command *cmd) {
 
 
 
-
 #define DUP2CLOSE(oldfd, newfd) (dup2(oldfd, newfd) == 0  &&  close(oldfd) == 0)
 // http://unixwiz.net/techtips/remap-pipe-fds.c.txt
 // !!!!!!!
diff --git a/util_fns.h b/util_fns.h
index f2f4048..104f92b 100644
--- a/util_fns.h
+++ b/util_fns.h
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ using namespace std;
 void ctrlCHandler(int sig);
 vector<string> split(const char *str, char c = ' ');
 char** v_to_cpp(vector<string> vargs);
-void bishexec(simple_command* cmd, int infd, int outfd);
-void check_cmd_io(simple_command *cmd, int *infd, int *outfd);
-void dup_io(int infd, int outfd, bool ispipe = false);
+
+void check_cmd_io(simple_command *cmd);
 int expand_and_execute (simple_command *cmd);
 bool remap_pipe_stdin_stdout(int rpipe, int wpipe);