diff --git a/lib/git/shell_shortcuts.sh b/lib/git/shell_shortcuts.sh
index 1b34654..c0bf699 100644
--- a/lib/git/shell_shortcuts.sh
+++ b/lib/git/shell_shortcuts.sh
@@ -88,24 +88,25 @@ elif [ "$_uname" = "Darwin" ]; then
   _abs_path_command="perl -e 'use Cwd \"abs_path\"; print abs_path(shift)'"
 fi
 
-# Replace user/group with user symbol, if defined at ~/.user_sym
-# Before : -rw-rw-r-- 1 ndbroadbent ndbroadbent 1.1K Sep 19 21:39 scm_breeze.sh
-# After  : -rw-rw-r-- 1 𝐍  𝐍  1.1K Sep 19 21:39 scm_breeze.sh
-if [ -e $HOME/.user_sym ]; then
-  # Little bit of ruby golf to rejustify the user/group/size columns after replacement
-  function rejustify_ls_columns(){
-    ruby -e "o=STDIN.read;re=/^(([^ ]* +){2})(([^ ]* +){3})/;u,g,s=o.lines.map{|l|l[re,3]}.compact.map(&:split).transpose.map{|a|a.map(&:size).max+1};puts o.lines.map{|l|l.sub(re){|m|\"%s%-#{u}s %-#{g}s%#{s}s \"%[\$1,*\$3.split]}}"
-  }
-  _ls_processor="| sed \"s/ $USER/ \$(/bin/cat $HOME/.user_sym)/g\" | rejustify_ls_columns"
-fi
-
-
 if [ -n "$_ll_command" ]; then
   # Function wrapper around 'll'
   # Adds numbered shortcuts to output of ls -l, just like 'git status'
   unalias ll > /dev/null 2>&1; unset -f ll > /dev/null 2>&1
   function ll {
-    local ll_output="$(eval $_ll_command $@ $_ls_processor)"
+    local ll_output="$($_ll_command "$@")"
+
+    # Replace user/group with user symbol, if defined at ~/.user_sym
+    # Before : -rw-rw-r-- 1 ndbroadbent ndbroadbent 1.1K Sep 19 21:39 scm_breeze.sh
+    # After  : -rw-rw-r-- 1 𝐍  𝐍  1.1K Sep 19 21:39 scm_breeze.sh
+    if [ -e $HOME/.user_sym ]; then
+      # Little bit of ruby golf to rejustify the user/group/size columns after replacement
+      function rejustify_ls_columns(){
+        ruby -e "o=STDIN.read;re=/^(([^ ]* +){2})(([^ ]* +){3})/;\
+                 u,g,s=o.lines.map{|l|l[re,3]}.compact.map(&:split).transpose.map{|a|a.map(&:size).max+1};\
+                 puts o.lines.map{|l|l.sub(re){|m|\"%s%-#{u}s %-#{g}s%#{s}s \"%[\$1,*\$3.split]}}"
+      }
+      ll_output=$(echo "$ll_output" | sed "s/ $USER/ $(/bin/cat $HOME/.user_sym)/g" | rejustify_ls_columns)
+    fi
 
     if [ "$(echo "$ll_output" | wc -l)" -gt "50" ]; then
       echo -e "\e[33mToo many files to create shortcuts. Running plain ll command...\e[0m"
@@ -116,17 +117,22 @@ if [ -n "$_ll_command" ]; then
     # Use ruby to inject numbers into ls output
     ruby -e "$( cat <<EOF
   output = "$ll_output"
-  output.lines.each_with_index do |line, i|
-    puts line.sub(/^(([^ ]* +){8})/, "\\\1\e[2;37m[\e[0m#{i}\e[2;37m]\e[0m" << (i < 10 ? "  " : " "))
+  e = 1
+  re = /^(([^ ]* +){8})/
+  output.lines.each do |line|
+    next unless line.match(re)
+    puts line.sub(re, "\\\1\e[2;37m[\e[0m#{e}\e[2;37m]\e[0m" << (e < 10 ? "  " : " "))
+    e += 1
   end
 EOF
 )"
 
     # Set numbered file shortcut in variable
     local e=1
+    local ll_files="$($_ll_sys_command "$@")"
     OLDIFS="$IFS"
-    IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
-    for file in $(eval $_ll_sys_command); do
+    IFS=$'\n'
+    for file in $ll_files; do
       export $git_env_char$e="$(eval $_abs_path_command \"$file\")"
       if [ "${scmbDebug:-}" = "true" ]; then echo "Set \$$git_env_char$e  => $file"; fi
       let e++