diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index ed95681..14f8322 100755
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ shopt -s checkwinsize
 ## autocd
 shopt -s autocd
 
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(lesspipe)"
+
+# LESS options
+export LESS="-FRX"
+
 # very basic prompt -- more in .bash_prompt
 PROMPT_COMMAND='PS1="[\u@\h] -- \w  "; echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"'
 
@@ -38,8 +44,6 @@ export BROWSER=w3m
 # ... and vim is the Best
 export EDITOR=vim
 
-export PAGER=less
-
 # very min bash aliases
 alias ls='ls -F --color'
 alias l='ls -l'
@@ -51,7 +55,6 @@ alias wa='ssh warhol'
 # 
 test -f ~/.bash_aliases && source ~/.bash_aliases
 test -f ~/.bash_prompt && source ~/.bash_prompt
-eval $(dircolors ~/.dircolors)
 # shellcheck disable=SC2046
 test -f ~/.dircolors && eval $(dircolors ~/.dircolors)
 test -d ~/dotfiles/bash_completion && { 
@@ -62,26 +65,6 @@ test -d ~/dotfiles/bash_completion && {
     done; 
 }
 
-# man in color with less 
-# from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/108699/documentation-on-less-termcap-variables
-# export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[5;31m'  # blink
-# export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;33m'	# bold
-# export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'		# no bold, blink, underline
-# export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[7m'		# reverse
-# export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[27m'	# no reverse
-# export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[4;32m'	    # underline
-# export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[24m'	# no underline
-
-# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Color_output_in_console#Using_less
-export MANPAGER="less -R --use-color -Dsc -Dk+r -Dd+g -Du+c -DPgb -DEbR"
-export MANROFFOPT="-P -c"
-
-# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
-[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe.sh ] && eval "$(lesspipe.sh)"
-
-# LESS options
-#export LESS="-FRX"
-
 # startship
 # https://starship.rs/
 type -t starship >/dev/null && { 
@@ -171,41 +154,11 @@ function _prepend_path() { _append_path -r "$1" "$2"; }
 ### rust
 test -d "$HOME/.cargo/bin" && PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$HOME/.cargo/bin")
 
-### nodejs
-# test -d "$HOME/download/nodejs/latest/bin" && PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$HOME/download/nodejs/latest/bin")
-# test -d "$HOME/src/node/current/bin" && PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$HOME/src/node/current/bin")
-
-### npm in user mode
-test -d "${HOME}/.npm-packages" || mkdir "${HOME}/.npm-packages"
-export NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages"
-PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$NPM_PACKAGES/bin")
-MANPATH=$(_append_path "$MANPATH" "$NPM_PACKAGES/share/man")
-
-### yarn
-# test -d "$HOME/src/yarn/latest/bin" && PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$HOME/src/yarn/latest/bin")
 
 ### golang - default is $HOME/go/bin
 export GOPATH="$HOME/go"
 test -d "$HOME"/go/bin && PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$HOME/go/bin")
 
-### gobuffalo
-type -t buffalo > /dev/null 2>&1 && eval "$(buffalo completion bash)"
-
-function bt {
-	echo "bash bt $*"
-	local opt=
-	test "$#" -ne 0 && opt="-m ""$*"
-	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-	buffalo test $opt | _gotestcolored | less -RF
-}
-function btv {
-	echo "bash btv $*"
-	local opt=
-	test "$#" -ne 0 && opt="-m ""$*"
-	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-	buffalo test -v $opt | _gotestcolored | less -RF
-}
-
 # host specific bash
 test -r "$HOME/.bashrc-${HOSTNAME}" && source "$HOME/.bashrc-${HOSTNAME}"
 
@@ -343,7 +296,7 @@ function faint () {
 function openssl_check_all {
 	local file="$1"
 	__openssl_check_all "$file"
-	# local file2;file2=$(sed 's/\./_/g' <<<"$file")
+	
 	local file2;file2=${file//./_}
 	test "$file" = "$file2" && return 0
 	file="$file2"
@@ -362,7 +315,7 @@ __openssl_check_all () {
 # check Certificate Signing Request file
 function openssl_check_csr {
     test -f "$1" || { echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") <csr_file>"; return 1; }
-    faint "# openssl req -noout -text -verify -in $1 | grep Subject:"
+    faint "# openssl req -noout -text -verify -in $1"
     openssl req -noout -text -verify -in "$1" | grep Subject:
     faint "# openssl req -noout -modulus -in $1 | openssl md5 "
     openssl req -noout -modulus -in "$1"  | openssl md5
@@ -400,7 +353,7 @@ function openssl_check_protocol {
 # check certificat file dates
 function openssl_check_cert_validity {
     test -n "$1" || { echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") mon.site.example.com:443"; return 1; }
-    faint "# openssl s_client -servername ${1%:*} -connect $1 < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -dates"
+    faint "# openssl s_client -servername ${1%:*} -connect '$1' < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -dates"
     openssl s_client -servername "${1%:*}" -connect "$1" < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -dates
 
 	#
@@ -429,8 +382,6 @@ function openssl_check_cert_validity {
 
 	faint "# openssl ocsp -issuer $onlychain_cert -cert $dest_cert -text -url $ocsp"
 	openssl ocsp -issuer "$onlychain_cert" -cert "$dest_cert" -url "$ocsp" -text 2>/dev/null | grep "$dest_cert" 2>/dev/null | awk -F " " '{print $2}'
-
-	# rm -rf "$dest_cert" "$chain_cert" "$onlychain_cert"
 	
 }
 
@@ -451,14 +402,14 @@ function vf {
 }
 
 function vfb {
-    pushd  ~/bin > /dev/null
+    pushd  ~/bin > /dev/null || exit
     if test -n "$1"
     then
 	edit "$(fzf --multi --preview="cat {}" -q "$1")"
     else
 	edit "$(fzf --multi --preview="cat {}" )"
     fi
-    popd > /dev/null
+    popd > /dev/null || exit
 }
 
 function of {
@@ -471,14 +422,14 @@ function of {
 }
 
 function odoc {
-    pushd ~/docs > /dev/null
+    pushd ~/docs > /dev/null || exit
     if test -n "$1"
     then
 	see "$(fzf --preview="cat {}" -q "$1")"
     else
 	see "$(fzf --preview="cat {}")"
     fi
-    popd > /dev/null
+    popd > /dev/null || exit
 }
 
 # Lorem ipsum
@@ -567,10 +518,7 @@ then
 	PATH="/home/patrick/perl5/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}"; export PATH;
 	PERL5LIB="/home/patrick/perl5/lib/perl5${PERL5LIB:+:${PERL5LIB}}"; export PERL5LIB;
 	PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT="/home/patrick/perl5${PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT:+:${PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT}}"; export PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT;
-	# shellcheck disable=2089
-	PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base "/home/patrick/perl5"'
-	# shellcheck disable=2090
-	export PERL_MB_OPT;
+	PERL_MB_OPT="--install_base /home/patrick/perl5"; export PERL_MB_OPT;
 fi
 
 # pyenv
@@ -588,3 +536,4 @@ export SHELLCHECK_OPTS="-x"
 
 echo "<< .bashrc"
 # end .bashrc
+