diff --git a/bashmarks.sh b/bashmarks.sh
index b77a8c1..5f467cf 100644
--- a/bashmarks.sh
+++ b/bashmarks.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2010, Huy Nguyen, http://www.huyng.com
 # All rights reserved.
-# 
-# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided 
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided
 # that the following conditions are met:
-# 
-#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions 
+#
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 #       and the following disclaimer.
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 #       following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 #     * Neither the name of Huy Nguyen nor the names of contributors
-#       may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without 
+#       may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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-#       
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+#
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 # WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
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 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 
-# USAGE: 
+# USAGE:
 # s bookmarkname - saves the curr dir as bookmarkname
 # g bookmarkname - jumps to the that bookmark
 # g b[TAB] - tab completion is available
@@ -100,17 +100,17 @@ function check_help {
 function l {
     check_help $1
     source $SDIRS
-        
+
     # if color output is not working for you, comment out the line below '\033[1;32m' == "red"
     env | sort | awk '/^DIR_.+/{split(substr($0,5),parts,"="); printf("\033[0;33m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", parts[1], parts[2]);}'
-    
+
     # uncomment this line if color output is not working with the line above
-    # env | grep "^DIR_" | cut -c5- | sort |grep "^.*=" 
+    # env | grep "^DIR_" | cut -c5- | sort |grep "^.*="
 }
 # list bookmarks without dirname
 function _l {
     source $SDIRS
-    env | grep "^DIR_" | cut -c5- | sort | grep "^.*=" | cut -f1 -d "=" 
+    env | grep "^DIR_" | cut -c5- | sort | grep "^.*=" | cut -f1 -d "="
 }
 
 # validate bookmark name
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function _purge_line {
         trap "/bin/rm -f -- '$t'" EXIT
 
         # purge line
-        sed "/$2/d" "$1" > "$t"
+        sed "/$2/d" "$1" >| "$t"
         /bin/mv "$t" "$1"
 
         # cleanup temp file