diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a00ee98..9033a7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
     make
     sudo make install
 
-To run `bb`, it's expected that you have some basic unix tools:
-`basename`, `cat`, `cp`, `echo`, `find`, `kill`, `less`, `ln`, `mkdir`, `more`,
-`mv`, `printf`, `read`, `rm`, `sed`, `sh`, `touch`, `tput`, `tr`.
+To run `bb`, it's expected that you have some basic unix tools: `cat`, `cp`,
+`echo`, `find`, `kill`, `less`, `ln`, `mkdir`, `more`, `mv`, `printf`, `read`,
+`rm`, `sed`, `sh`, `tput`, `tr`.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/scripts/bbask b/scripts/bbask
index ad446ec..dc350d2 100755
--- a/scripts/bbask
+++ b/scripts/bbask
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ else
         if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
             read -e REPLY </dev/tty >/dev/tty
         else
-            read REPLY </dev/tty >/dev/tty
+            read -r REPLY </dev/tty >/dev/tty
         fi
         echo $REPLY
     fi
diff --git a/scripts/bbbindkeys b/scripts/bbbindkeys
index b89bb16..5b3cb38 100755
--- a/scripts/bbbindkeys
+++ b/scripts/bbbindkeys
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ echo "bbcmd glob:'$BBGLOB' sort:'$BBSORT' columns:'$BBCOLUMNS' $BBINTERLEAVE" >
 ## Ctrl-s: Save the selection
 [ $# -gt 0 ]
 savename="$(bbask "Save selection as: ")"
+savename="${savename%.sel}.sel"
 mkdir -p "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/bb
-if ! expr "$savename" : ".*\.sel" >/dev/null; then savename="$savename.sel"; fi
-printf '%s\0' "$@" > "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/bb/"$savename"
+printf '%s\0' "$@" > "$XDG_DATA_HOME/bb/$savename"
 
 ## Ctrl-o: Open a saved selection
 [ -d "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/bb ]
 [ $# -gt 0 ] && bbconfirm "The current selection will be discarded. "
 loadpath="$(find "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/bb/ -mindepth 1 -name '*.sel' -printf '%P\0' | bbpick "Load selection: ")"
-cat "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/bb/"$loadpath" | bbcmd deselect select:
+cat "$XDG_DATA_HOME/bb/$loadpath" | bbcmd deselect select:
 
 ## J: Spread selection down
 bbcmd spread:+1
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ printf "\033[1G\033[KMoving..."
 mv -i "$@" .
 printf "done."
 bbcmd deselect refresh
-for f; do bbcmd sel:"$(basename "$f")"; done
+bbcmd sel: "${@##*/}"
 
 ## c: Copy a file
 [ $# -gt 0 ]
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ printf "\033[1mCopying the following to here:\n\033[33m$(printf '  %s\n' "$@")\0
 bbconfirm
 printf "\033[1G\033[KCopying..."
 for f; do
-    if [ "./$(basename "$f")" -ef "$f" ]; then
+    if [ "./${f##*/}" -ef "$f" ]; then
         cp -ri "$f" "$f.copy" || break
     else cp -ri "$f" . || break; fi
 done
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ bbcmd refresh
 ## Ctrl-n: New file/directory
 case "$(printf '%s\0' File Directory | bbpick "Create new: ")" in
     File)
-        name="$(bbask "New File: ")" && touch -- "$name"
+        name="$(bbask "New File: ")" && printf '' >"$name"
         ;;
     Directory)
         name="$(bbask "New Directory: ")" && mkdir -- "$name"
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ case "$(bbtargets "$BBCURSOR" "$@")" in
     both) set -- "$BBCURSOR" "$@";;
 esac
 for f; do
-    newname="$(bbask "Rename $(printf "\033[33m%s\033[39m" "$(basename "$f")"): " "$(basename "$f")")" || break
+    newname="$(bbask "Rename $(printf "\033[33m%s\033[39m" "${f##*/}"): " "${f##*/}")" || break
     r="$(dirname "$f")/$newname"
     [ "$r" = "$f" ] && continue
     [ -e "$r" ] && printf "\033[31;1m$r already exists! It will be overwritten.\033[0m "
diff --git a/scripts/bbpick b/scripts/bbpick
index 8cad371..ec66653 100755
--- a/scripts/bbpick
+++ b/scripts/bbpick
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ fi
 case "$PICKER" in
     fzf*)
         printf '\033[3A\033[?25h' >/dev/tty
-        fzf --read0 --height=4 --prompt="$(printf "$1")"
+        fzf --read0 --height=6 --prompt="$(printf "$1")"
         ;;
     fzy*)
         printf '\033[3A\033[?25h' >/dev/tty
-        tr '\0' '\n' | fzy --lines=3 --prompt="$(printf "\033[1m$1\033[0m")"
+        tr '\0' '\n' | fzy --lines=5 --prompt="$(printf "\033[1m$1\033[0m")"
         ;;
     ask*)
         ask --read0 --prompt="$(printf "$1\033[?25h")"