root:rootpc ~ $ ls /home/lee
id_rsa README.md
root:rootpc ~ $ head /home/lee/README.md
No such file: /home/lee/README.md
root:rootpc ~ $ cat /home/lee/README.md
No such file: /home/lee/README.md
suggest that a partner's README should maybe be the same as whois $partner. it's a dirty hack around how ls isn't actually responsive to its arguments.