diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
index ffe7831..8538e65 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
@@ -584,10 +584,18 @@ check_for_updates() {
 
             # Extract the new package version
             if [[ ! -z $NEWSB ]]; then
-                NEWARCH=$(egrep -m1 "^ARCH" $NEWSB | sed -e \
-                    's/[ #}\t].*$//;s/^.*[=-]//;s/\"//g')
-                NEWBUILD=$(egrep -m1 "^BUILD" $NEWSB | sed -e \
-                    's/^.*[=-]//;s/\"//;s/[ #}\t].*$//g;s/\"//g')
+                NEWARCH=$(egrep -m1 "^ARCH" $NEWSB | sed '
+                    s/\([^\t #]*\)[\t #].*/\1/
+                    s/[^=]*=//
+                    s/"//g
+                    s/\${[^-]*-\(.*\)}/\1/
+                    s/\$.*/unknown/
+                ')
+                NEWBUILD=$(egrep -m1 "^BUILD" $NEWSB | sed '
+                    s/^.*[=-]//
+                    s/"//g
+                    s/[ #}\t].*$//g
+                ')
 
                 # Step 1 - find the version expression
                 # This looks for the last instance of $OUTPUT.
@@ -985,11 +993,18 @@ info_item() {
     SHORTPATH=$REPO_DIR/$CATEGORY/$APP
     CURVERSION=$(grep VERSION $SHORTPATH/$APP.info |
         cut -d= -f2 | sed s/\"//g)
-    CURARCH=$(egrep -m1 "^ARCH" $SHORTPATH/$APP.SlackBuild |
-        sed -e "s/\([^\t #]*\)[\t #].*/\1/;s/[^=]*=//;s/\${[^-]*-\(.*\)}/\1/;\
-            s/\$.*/unknown/")
-    CURBUILD=$(egrep -m1 "^BUILD" $SHORTPATH/$APP.SlackBuild |
-        sed -e 's/^.*[=-]//;s/\"//;s/[ #}\t].*$//g;s/\"//g')
+    CURARCH=$(egrep -m1 "^ARCH" $SHORTPATH/$APP.SlackBuild | sed '
+        s/\([^\t #]*\)[\t #].*/\1/
+        s/[^=]*=//
+        s/"//g
+        s/\${[^-]*-\(.*\)}/\1/
+        s/\$.*/unknown/
+    ')
+    CURBUILD=$(egrep -m1 "^BUILD" $SHORTPATH/$APP.SlackBuild | sed '
+        s/^.*[=-]//
+        s/"//g
+        s/[ #}\t].*$//g
+    ')
     while :; do
         INSTALLEDPACKAGE=$(ls /var/log/packages |
             egrep "^($APP|$OLDPKG)-[^-]*-[^-]*-[^-]*\$")