diff --git a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
index 90d0af8c..ef7e8fe9 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
@@ -4123,10 +4123,9 @@ namespace eval punk {
         set files [lsort $files] ;#todo natsort
         return [list dirs $dirs vfs $vfs files $files location $location]
     }
-    proc dirfiles {{glob ""}} {
 
+    proc dirfiles_dict_as_lines {contents} {
         package require overtype
-        set contents [dirfiles_dict $glob]
         set dirs [dict get $contents dirs]
         set files [dict get $contents files]
         set vfs [dict get $contents vfs]
@@ -4148,6 +4147,11 @@ namespace eval punk {
         }
     
         return [list_as_lines $displaylist]
+    } 
+
+    proc dirfiles {{glob ""}} {
+        set contents [dirfiles_dict $glob]
+        return [dirfiles_dict_as_lines $contents]
     }
 
     #experimental... leading colon makes it hard (impossible?) to call directly
@@ -4220,9 +4224,14 @@ namespace eval punk {
         if {![llength $args]} {
             #ls is too slow even over a fairly low-latency network
             #set out [runout -n ls -aFC]
-            set result [pwd]
+            set matchinfo [punk::dirfiles_dict]
+            set dircount [llength [dict get $matchinfo dirs]]
+            set filecount [llength [dict get $matchinfo files]]
+            set location [file normalize [dict get $matchinfo location]]
+            #result for glob is count of matches - use dirfiles etc for script access to results
+            set result [list location $location dircount $dircount filecount $filecount]
             if {$::repl::running} {
-                set out [punk::dirfiles] 
+                set out [punk::dirfiles_dict_as_lines $matchinfo] 
 
                 #puts stdout $out
                 #puts stderr [a+ white]$out[a+]
@@ -4231,7 +4240,7 @@ namespace eval punk {
                 lappend chunklist [list result $result]
                 set ::punk::last_run_display $chunklist
 
-                repl::term::set_console_title [file normalize $result]
+                repl::term::set_console_title $location
             }
            return $result
         } else {
@@ -4265,6 +4274,27 @@ namespace eval punk {
                 set path $curdir/$a1
             }
 
+
+            if {![llength $atail] && ([string first "*" [file tail $path]] >= 0) || ([string first "?" [file tail $path]] >= 0)} {
+                #no more segments and we have a globchar at the end
+                set matchinfo [punk::dirfiles_dict [file tail $path]] 
+                set dircount [llength [dict get $matchinfo dirs]]
+                set filecount [llength [dict get $matchinfo files]]
+                set location [file normalize [dict get $matchinfo location]]
+                #result for glob is count of matches - use dirfiles etc for script access to results
+                set result [list location $location dircount $dircount filecount $filecount]
+                if {$::repl::running} {
+                    set out [punk::dirfiles_dict_as_lines $matchinfo]
+                    set chunklist [list]
+                    lappend chunklist [list stdout "[a+ white light]$out[a+]\n"]
+                    lappend chunklist [list result $result]
+                    set ::punk::last_run_display $chunklist
+
+                    repl::term::set_console_title $location
+                }
+                return $result
+            }
+
             if {[file type $path] eq "file"} {
                 if {[string tolower [file extension $path]] in [list ".tcl" ".tm"]} {
                     set newargs $atail
@@ -4292,15 +4322,20 @@ namespace eval punk {
             set path ../[file join {*}$args]
         }
         cd $path
-        #set out [runout -n ls -aFC]
-        set out [punk::dirfiles]
-        set result [pwd]
-        #return $out\n[pwd]
-        set chunklist [list]
-        lappend chunklist [list stdout "[a+ white light]$out[a+]\n"]
-        lappend chunklist [list result $result]
-        set ::punk::last_run_display $chunklist
+        set matchinfo [punk::dirfiles_dict] 
+        set dircount [llength [dict get $matchinfo dirs]]
+        set filecount [llength [dict get $matchinfo files]]
+        set location [file normalize [dict get $matchinfo location]]
+        #result for glob is count of matches - use dirfiles etc for script access to results
+        set result [list location $location dircount $dircount filecount $filecount]
+
         if {$::repl::running} {
+            set out [punk::dirfiles_dict_as_lines $matchinfo]
+            #return $out\n[pwd]
+            set chunklist [list]
+            lappend chunklist [list stdout "[a+ white light]$out[a+]\n"]
+            lappend chunklist [list result $result]
+            set ::punk::last_run_display $chunklist
             repl::term::set_console_title $result
         }
         return $result