diff --git a/.local/bin/rotdir b/.local/bin/rotdir
index 7d32040..7313a42 100755
--- a/.local/bin/rotdir
+++ b/.local/bin/rotdir
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 [ -z "$1" ] && echo "usage: rotdir regex 2>&1" && exit 1
 base="$(basename "$1")"
-find "$PWD" | awk "BEGIN { lines = \"\"; m = 0; } /^$base$/ { m = 1; } { if (!m) { if (lines) { lines = lines\"\n\"; } lines = lines\"\"\$0; } else { print \$0; } } END { print lines; }"
+ ls "$PWD" | awk "BEGIN { lines = \"\"; m = 0; } /^$base$/ { m = 1; } { if (!m) { if (lines) { lines = lines\"\n\"; } lines = lines\"\"\$0; } else { print \$0; } } END { print lines; }"
diff --git a/.local/bin/sysact b/.local/bin/sysact
index ce925ce..0a7cdd0 100755
--- a/.local/bin/sysact
+++ b/.local/bin/sysact
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ cmds="\
 
 choice="$(echo "$cmds" | cut -d'	' -f 1 | dmenu)" || exit 1
 
-echo "$cmds" | grep "^$choice	" | cut -d '	' -f2-
+`echo "$cmds" | grep "^$choice	" | cut -d '	' -f2-`