diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index e89cf15..08d83a4 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.3.3
+####  version: 1.3.4
 ####  Date: January 29 2010
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -266,6 +266,16 @@ FILE_MOUNTS='/proc/mounts'
 FILE_PARTITIONS='/proc/partitions'
 FILE_SCSI='/proc/scsi/scsi'
 
+## app tested for and present, to avoid repeat tests
+B_FILE_TESTED='false'
+B_HDDTEMP_TESTED='false'
+B_MODINFO_TESTED='false'
+B_SUDO_TESTED='false'
+FILE_PATH=''
+HDDTEMP_PATH=''
+MODINFO_PATH=''
+SUDO_PATH=''
+
 ### Variable initializations: constants
 DCOPOBJ="default"
 DEBUG=0 # Set debug levels from 1-10 (8-10 trigger logging levels)
@@ -2689,18 +2699,25 @@ get_hdd_temp_data()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local hdd_temp='' sudo_command='' 
-	local hddtemp_path=$( type -p hddtemp ) 
-	local sudo_path=$( type -p sudo )
+
+	if [[ $B_HDDTEMP_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_HDDTEMP_TESTED='true'
+		HDDTEMP_PATH=$( type -p hddtemp )
+	fi
+	if [[ $B_SUDO_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_SUDO_TESTED='true'
+		SUDO_PATH=$( type -p sudo )
+	fi
 	
-	if [[ -n $hddtemp_path && -n $1 ]];then
+	if [[ -n $HDDTEMP_PATH && -n $1 ]];then
 		# only use sudo if not root, -n option requires sudo -V 1.7 or greater. sudo will just error out
 		# which is the safest course here for now, otherwise that interactive sudo password thing is too annoying
 		# important: -n makes it non interactive, no prompt for password
-		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $sudo_path ]];then
+		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $SUDO_PATH ]];then
 			sudo_command='sudo -n '
 		fi
 		# this will fail if regular user and no sudo present, but that's fine, it will just return null
-		hdd_temp=$( eval $sudo_command $hddtemp_path -nq -u C $1 )
+		hdd_temp=$( eval $sudo_command $HDDTEMP_PATH -nq -u C $1 )
 		if [[ -n $hdd_temp && -n $( grep -E '^([0-9]+)$' <<< $hdd_temp ) ]];then
 			echo $hdd_temp
 		fi
@@ -2750,10 +2767,14 @@ get_module_version_number()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local module_version=''
-	local modinfo_path=$( type -p modinfo )
+	
+	if [[ $B_MODINFO_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_MODINFO_TESTED='true'
+		MODINFO_PATH=$( type -p modinfo )
+	fi
 
-	if [[ -n $modinfo_path ]];then
-		module_version=$( $modinfo_path $1 2>/dev/null | gawk '
+	if [[ -n $MODINFO_PATH ]];then
+		module_version=$( $MODINFO_PATH $1 2>/dev/null | gawk '
 		BEGIN {
 			IGNORECASE=1
 		}
@@ -3636,19 +3657,27 @@ get_unmounted_partition_filesystem()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local partition_filesystem='' sudo_command=''
-	local file_path=$( type -p file )
-	local sudo_path=$( type -p sudo )
 	
-	if [[ -n $file_path && -n $1 ]];then
+	if [[ $B_FILE_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_FILE_TESTED='true'
+		FILE_PATH=$( type -p file )
+	fi
+	
+	if [[ $B_SUDO_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_SUDO_TESTED='true'
+		SUDO_PATH=$( type -p sudo )
+	fi
+	
+	if [[ -n $FILE_PATH && -n $1 ]];then
 		# only use sudo if not root, -n option requires sudo -V 1.7 or greater. sudo will just error out
 		# which is the safest course here for now, otherwise that interactive sudo password thing is too annoying
 		# important: -n makes it non interactive, no prompt for password
-		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $sudo_path ]];then
+		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $SUDO_PATH ]];then
 			sudo_command='sudo -n '
 		fi
 		# this will fail if regular user and no sudo present, but that's fine, it will just return null
 		# note the hack that simply slices out the first line if > 1 items found in string
-		partition_filesystem=$( eval $sudo_command $file_path -s $1 | grep -Eio '(ext2|ext3|ext4|ext5|ext[[:space:]]|ntfs|fat32|fat16|fat[[:space:]]\(.*\)|vfat|fatx|tfat|swap|btrfs|ffs[[:space:]]|hfs\+|hfs[[:space:]]plus|hfs[[:space:]]extended[[:space:]]version[[:space:]][1-9]|hfsj|hfs[[:space:]]|jfs[[:space:]]|nss[[:space:]]|reiserfs|reiser4|ufs2|ufs[[:space:]]|xfs[[:space:]]|zfs[[:space:]])' | grep -Em 1 '.*' )
+		partition_filesystem=$( eval $sudo_command $FILE_PATH -s $1 | grep -Eio '(ext2|ext3|ext4|ext5|ext[[:space:]]|ntfs|fat32|fat16|fat[[:space:]]\(.*\)|vfat|fatx|tfat|swap|btrfs|ffs[[:space:]]|hfs\+|hfs[[:space:]]plus|hfs[[:space:]]extended[[:space:]]version[[:space:]][1-9]|hfsj|hfs[[:space:]]|jfs[[:space:]]|nss[[:space:]]|reiserfs|reiser4|ufs2|ufs[[:space:]]|xfs[[:space:]]|zfs[[:space:]])' | grep -Em 1 '.*' )
 		if [[ -n $partition_filesystem ]];then
 			echo $partition_filesystem
 		fi