1337x, yts: make proper use of parameter expansion

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/1337x b/1337x
index 2587b68..ea9a7fa 100755
--- a/1337x
+++ b/1337x
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ main()
 	curl -Is "$url_1337x" > /dev/null ||
 		url_1337x="$proxy_1337x"
 
-	query="$*"
-	: "${query:=$(printf "" | dmenu -p "  ")}"
+	query="${*:-$(printf "" | dmenu -p "  ")}"
 	[ -z "$query" ] &&
 		die "please enter a query"
 
diff --git a/yts b/yts
index 7733057..0720885 100755
--- a/yts
+++ b/yts
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ main()
 		shift
 	fi
 
-	query="$*"
-	: "${query:=$(printf "" | dmenu -p "  ")}"
+	query="${*:-$(printf "" | dmenu -p "  ")}"
 	[ -z "$query" ] &&
 		die "please enter a query"