diff --git a/mved b/mved
index 91a5197..c08be9b 100755
--- a/mved
+++ b/mved
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ Options:
                                      %s.
                                      This can be changed by setting the 
                                      EDITOR environment variable.
-    -f, --force                      overwrite existing files.""" % editor
+    -f, --force                      overwrite existing files.
+""" % editor
 
 
 def giveup(message):
@@ -81,18 +82,18 @@ def warn(message):
 
 def usage(long = 0):
     """ print usage information. """
-    print 'mved %s - an editor-focused multiple file move utility' % version
+    stdout.write('mved %s - an editor-focused multiple file move utility\n' % version)
     if long: 
-        print LICENSE
-        print DIRECTIONS
-    print USAGE
+        stdout.write(LICENSE)
+        stdout.write(DIRECTIONS)
+    stdout.write(USAGE)
 
 def getoptions():
     """ get options. returns a list of all non-option arguments. """
     global editor, force
     try:
          options, args = getopt(argv[1:], 'he:f', ['help', 'editor=','force'])
-    except GetoptError, e:
+    except GetoptError as e:
         giveup(str(e) + ", try 'mved --help' for more information.")
     
     for opt, arg in options:
@@ -120,9 +121,9 @@ def edit(oldnames):
     tmpfd, tmpfilename = mkstemp()
     try:
         for name in oldnames:
-            write(tmpfd, '%s\n' % name)
+            write(tmpfd, (name + '\n').encode("ascii"))
         fsync(tmpfd)
-    except IOError, e:
+    except IOError as e:
         giveup("%s: %s", (tmpfilename, str(e)))
     
     # warn user if EDITOR is not an absolute path
@@ -136,9 +137,9 @@ def edit(oldnames):
             newnames = readlines(tmpfd)       
             close(tmpfd)
             remove(tmpfilename)
-        except OSError, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             giveup("%s: %s", (tmpfilename, str(e)))
-        except IOError, e:
+        except IOError as e:
             giveup("%s: %s", (tmpfilename, str(e)))
         for i in range(len(newnames)):
             newnames[i] = newnames[i].strip('\n')
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ def edit(oldnames):
     else:
         try:
             remove(tmpfilename)
-        except IOError, e:
+        except IOError as e:
             warn("Could not remove %s: %s", (tmpfilename, str(e)))
         giveup('Editor exited ungracefully.')
 
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ def readlines(fd):
     lseek(fd, 0, 0)
     while True:
         ch = read(fd, 1)
+        ch = ch.decode("ascii")
         if ch == '':
             if str: out.append(str)
             break
@@ -401,27 +403,27 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         msg += '1 does not'
     else: 
         msg += '%i do not' % dontchange
-    print msg
+    stdout.write(msg + "\n")
     
     renamer.checkrenamings(force)
     sequence = renamer.renamingsequence()
 
     for i in sequence:
         try:
-            print "moving %s -> %s " % (i.frm, i.to)
+            stdout.write("moving %s -> %s \n" % (i.frm, i.to))
             if force == 0 and exists.exists(i.to):
                 sched = ""
                 for i in sequence:
                     sched += "\n%s -> %s" % (i.frm, i.to)
-                print "error detected. moving schedule was: %s " % sched
+                stdout.write("error detected. moving schedule was: %s \n" % sched)
                 giveup("will not overwrite %s\n** RENAMING INTERRUPTED **" \
                    % i.to)
             rename(i.frm, expanduser(i.to))
-        except OSError, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             sched = ""
             for i in sequence:
                 sched += "\n%s -> %s" % (i.frm, i.to)
-            print "error detected. moving schedule was: %s" % sched
+            stdout.write("error detected. moving schedule was: %s\n" % sched)
             giveup("Could not rename %s to %s: %s\n** RENAMING INTERRUPTED **" \
                 % (i.frm, i.to, str(e)))