--- trunk/bfilter.pl	2004/09/15 16:48:24	26
+++ trunk/bfilter.pl	2004/09/24 15:44:27	29
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 # maximum entries
 my $max = 0;
 # minimum letters to search by
-my $min_len = shift @ARGV || 3;
+my $min_len = shift @ARGV;
+$min_len = 3 unless defined($min_len);
 # if more than x elements, warn to increase min_len
 my $increase_at = 500;