diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50281a4..c1abd9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
+*.swp
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6cf817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "dus"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["bootandy <bootandy@gmail.com>"]
+
+[dependencies]
+ansi_term = "0.11"
+clap = "2.31"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3d33c9..1b1ef32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # dus
 a rust alternative to du
+
+do not use. strickly experimental for me messing around with rust.
+
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..947d69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,427 @@
+// test:
+// recursive dirs that link to each other.
+// Pass in bad dir name
+// num to search for is less than num available
+// admin files.
+//
+extern crate ansi_term;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate clap;
+
+use std::str::Split;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+use ansi_term::Colour::Fixed;
+use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg};
+
+use std::cmp;
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+use std::fs;
+use std::fs::ReadDir;
+use std::io;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Node {
+    dir: Dir,
+    children: Vec<Node>,
+}
+impl Ord for Node {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        if self.dir.size > other.dir.size {
+            Ordering::Less
+        } else if self.dir.size < other.dir.size {
+            Ordering::Greater
+        } else {
+            let my_slashes = self.dir.name.matches("/").count();
+            let other_slashes = other.dir.name.matches("/").count();
+
+            if my_slashes > other_slashes {
+                Ordering::Greater
+            } else if my_slashes < other_slashes {
+                Ordering::Less
+            } else {
+                if self.dir.name < other.dir.name {
+                    Ordering::Less
+                } else if self.dir.name > other.dir.name {
+                    Ordering::Greater
+                } else {
+                    Ordering::Equal
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl PartialOrd for Node {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+impl PartialEq for Node {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        (&self.dir.name, self.dir.size) == (&other.dir.name, other.dir.size)
+    }
+}
+impl Eq for Node {}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Dir {
+    name: String,
+    size: u64,
+}
+
+static DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_LINES: &'static str = &"15";
+
+fn main() {
+    let options = App::new("Trailing args example")
+        .setting(AppSettings::TrailingVarArg)
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("number_of_lines")
+                .short("n")
+                .help("Number of lines of output to show")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .default_value(DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_LINES),
+        )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("inputs").multiple(true))
+        .get_matches();
+
+    let filenames: Vec<&str> = options.values_of("inputs").unwrap().collect();
+    let number_of_lines = value_t!(options.value_of("number_of_lines"), usize).unwrap();
+
+    let mut permissions = true;
+    let mut results = vec![];
+    for b in filenames {
+        let mut new_name = String::from(b);
+        while new_name.chars().last() == Some('/') && new_name.len() != 1 {
+            new_name.pop();
+        }
+        let (hp, data) = examine_dir_str(new_name);
+        permissions = permissions && hp;
+        results.push(data);
+    }
+    let slice_it = find_big_ones(&results, number_of_lines);
+    display(permissions, slice_it);
+}
+
+fn examine_dir_str(loc: String) -> (bool, Node) {
+    let mut inodes: HashSet<u64> = HashSet::new();
+    let (hp, result) = examine_dir(fs::read_dir(&loc), &mut inodes);
+
+    // This needs to be folded into the below recursive call somehow
+    let new_size = result.iter().fold(0, |a, b| a + b.dir.size);
+    (
+        hp,
+        Node {
+            dir: Dir {
+                name: loc,
+                size: new_size,
+            },
+            children: result,
+        },
+    )
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn get_metadata_blocks_and_inode(d: &std::fs::DirEntry) -> Option<(u64, u64)> {
+    use std::os::linux::fs::MetadataExt;
+    match d.metadata().ok() {
+        Some(md) => Some((md.st_blocks(), md.st_ino())),
+        None => None,
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "unix")]
+fn get_metadata_blocks_and_inode(d: &std::fs::DirEntry) -> Option<(u64, u64)> {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
+    match d.metadata().ok() {
+        Some(md) => Some((md.blocks(), md.ino())),
+        None => None,
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+fn get_metadata_blocks_and_inode(d: &std::fs::DirEntry) -> Option<(u64, u64)> {
+    use std::os::macos::fs::MetadataExt;
+    match d.metadata().ok() {
+        Some(md) => Some((md.st_blocks(), md.st_ino())),
+        None => None,
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "unix", target_os = "macos")))]
+fn get_metadata_blocks_and_inode(_d: &std::fs::DirEntry) -> Option<(u64, u64)> {
+    println!("NOOOOOOOOOO");
+    None
+}
+
+fn examine_dir(a_dir: io::Result<ReadDir>, inodes: &mut HashSet<u64>) -> (bool, Vec<Node>) {
+    let mut result = vec![];
+    let mut have_permission = true;
+
+    if a_dir.is_ok() {
+        let paths = a_dir.unwrap();
+        for dd in paths {
+            match dd {
+                Ok(d) => {
+                    let file_type = d.file_type().ok();
+                    let maybe_block_and_inode = get_metadata_blocks_and_inode(&d);
+
+                    match (file_type, maybe_block_and_inode) {
+                        (Some(file_type), Some((size, inode))) => {
+                            let s = d.path().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                            if inodes.contains(&inode) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                            inodes.insert(inode);
+
+                            if d.path().is_dir() && !file_type.is_symlink() {
+                                let (hp, recursive) = examine_dir(fs::read_dir(d.path()), inodes);
+                                have_permission = have_permission && hp;
+                                let new_size = recursive.iter().fold(size, |a, b| a + b.dir.size);
+                                result.push(Node {
+                                    dir: Dir {
+                                        name: s,
+                                        size: new_size,
+                                    },
+                                    children: recursive,
+                                })
+                            } else {
+                                result.push(Node {
+                                    dir: Dir {
+                                        name: s,
+                                        size: size,
+                                    },
+                                    children: vec![],
+                                })
+                            }
+                        }
+                        (_, None) => have_permission = false,
+                        (_, _) => (),
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(_) => (),
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        have_permission = false;
+    }
+    (have_permission, result)
+}
+
+// We start with a list of root directories - these must be the biggest folders
+// We then repeadedly merge in the children of the biggest directory - Each iteration
+// the next biggest directory's children are merged in.
+fn find_big_ones<'a>(l: &'a Vec<Node>, max_to_show: usize) -> Vec<&Node> {
+    let mut new_l: Vec<&Node> = l.iter().map(|a| a).collect();
+    new_l.sort();
+
+    for processed_pointer in 0..max_to_show {
+        if new_l.len() == processed_pointer {
+            break;
+        }
+        // Must be a list of pointers into new_l otherwise b_list will go out of scope
+        // when it is deallocated
+        let mut b_list: Vec<&Node> = new_l[processed_pointer]
+            .children
+            .iter()
+            .map(|a| a)
+            .collect();
+        new_l.extend(b_list);
+        new_l.sort();
+        /*println!(
+            "{:?} -------------------",
+            new_l
+                .iter()
+                .map(|a| a.dir.size.to_string() + ": " + &a.dir.name)
+                .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+        );*/
+    }
+    if new_l.len() > max_to_show {
+        new_l[0..max_to_show + 1].to_vec()
+    } else {
+        new_l
+    }
+}
+
+fn display(permissions: bool, to_display: Vec<&Node>) -> () {
+    if !permissions {
+        eprintln!("Did not have permissions for all directories");
+    }
+    let big_size = to_display[0].dir.size;
+    let max_space = format!("{}", big_size).len() as usize;
+
+    display_node(to_display[0], max_space, &to_display, true, 1, "")
+}
+
+fn display_node<S: Into<String>>(
+    node_to_print: &Node,
+    big_size_space: usize,
+    to_display: &Vec<&Node>,
+    is_first: bool,
+    depth: u8,
+    indentation_str: S,
+) {
+    let mut is = indentation_str.into();
+    print_this_node(node_to_print, big_size_space, is_first, depth, is.as_ref());
+
+    is = is.replace("└──", "   ");
+    is = is.replace("├──", "│  ");
+
+    let printable_node_slashes = node_to_print.dir.name.matches("/").count();
+
+    let mut num_sibblings = to_display.iter().fold(0, |a, b| {
+        if node_to_print.children.contains(b)
+            && b.dir.name.matches("/").count() == printable_node_slashes + 1
+        {
+            a + 1
+        } else {
+            a
+        }
+    });
+
+    let mut is_biggest = true;
+    for node in to_display {
+        if node_to_print.children.contains(node) {
+            if node.dir.name.matches("/").count() == printable_node_slashes + 1 {
+                num_sibblings -= 1;
+                let tree_chars = {
+                    /*if num_sibblings == 0 {
+                        "   "
+                    } else*/
+                    if num_sibblings == 0 {
+                        "└──"
+                    } else {
+                        "├──"
+                    }
+                };
+                display_node(
+                    &node,
+                    big_size_space,
+                    to_display,
+                    is_biggest,
+                    depth + 1,
+                    is.to_string() + tree_chars,
+                );
+                is_biggest = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn print_this_node(
+    node_to_print: &Node,
+    big_size_space: usize,
+    is_biggest: bool,
+    depth: u8,
+    indentation_str: &str,
+) {
+    let padded_size = format!("{:>width$}", node_to_print.dir.size, width = big_size_space);
+    println!(
+        "{} {} {}",
+        if is_biggest {
+            Fixed(196).paint(padded_size)
+        } else {
+            Fixed(7).paint(padded_size)
+        },
+        indentation_str,
+        Fixed(7)
+            .on(Fixed(cmp::min(8, (depth) as u8) + 231))
+            .paint(node_to_print.dir.name.to_string())
+    );
+}
+
+// currently storing dir paths not the nodes in the tree_view map
+    /*let mut tree_biggest: HashMap<String, &Node> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut tree_view: HashMap<String, u64> = HashMap::new();
+
+    for n in sorted_display.iter() {
+        tree_view.insert(n.dir.name.to_string(), 0);
+        for n2 in sorted_display.iter() {
+            for nc in &n.children {
+                if nc.dir.name == n2.dir.name {
+                    let i = tree_view.entry(n.dir.name.to_string()).or_insert(0);
+                    *i += 1;
+                    let nc_ref = tree_biggest.get(&n.dir.name.to_string()).map(|&c| c);
+                    match nc_ref {
+                        None => {
+                            tree_biggest.insert(n.dir.name.to_string(), &nc);
+                        }
+                        Some(node) => {
+                            if node.dir.size < nc.dir.size {
+                                tree_biggest.insert(n.dir.name.to_string(), &nc);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }*/
+/*
+    let mut padding = 0;
+
+    let mut indentation_str = String::from("");
+    let mut next_str = "   ";
+
+    for node in sorted_display {
+        let dir = &node.dir;
+        let padded_size = format!("{:>width$}", dir.size, width = big_size_space);
+
+        let mut hacky_parent_name: Vec<&str> = dir.name.split("/").collect();
+        let parent_str = hacky_parent_name[0..(hacky_parent_name.len() - 1)].join("/");
+
+        {
+            let i = tree_view.entry(parent_str.to_string()).or_insert(1);
+            *i -= 1;
+
+            let previous_padding = padding;
+            padding = dir.name.matches("/").count() - base_slashes;
+
+            if padding == 0 {
+                indentation_str = String::from("");
+            } else if padding > previous_padding {
+                indentation_str += next_str;
+            } else if previous_padding > padding {
+                indentation_str = indentation_str.chars().take(padding * 2).collect();
+            }
+            next_str = {
+                if *i != 0 {
+                    "│ "
+                } else {
+                    "  "
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        let my_char = {
+            // if sorted_display.next() has less padding
+            if tree_view.get(&dir.name.to_string()) == Some(&0) {
+                "├─"
+            } else {
+                "├─"
+            }
+        };
+
+        let big_node = tree_biggest.get(&parent_str);
+        let is_big = {
+            match big_node {
+                None => false,
+                Some(bn) => bn.dir.name == node.dir.name,
+            }
+        };
+        println!(
+            "{} {}{} {}",
+            if is_big {
+                Fixed(196).paint(padded_size)
+            } else {
+                Fixed(7).paint(padded_size)
+            },
+            indentation_str,
+            my_char,
+            Fixed(7)
+                .on(Fixed(cmp::min(8, (padding) as u8) + 232))
+                .paint(dir.name.to_string())
+        );
+        //Fixed(248 + cmp::min(padding as u8, 7)).paint(dir.name.to_string())
+    }
+}*/