diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 67c4d5e..ba6a489 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ####  Script Name: inxi
 ####  Version: 2.0.0
 ####  Date: 2014-03-12
-####  Patch Number: 01-b1
+####  Patch Number: 02-b1
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
 ########################################################################
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 ########################################################################
 ####  Valuable Resources
 ####  CPU flags: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/43539/what-do-the-flags-in-proc-cpuinfo-mean
+####  Advanced Bash: http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe
 ####  gawk arrays: http://www.math.utah.edu/docs/info/gawk_12.html
 ####  raid mdstat: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1011259
 ####               http://www.howtoforge.com/replacing_hard_disks_in_a_raid1_array
@@ -2638,7 +2639,8 @@ print_lines_basic()
 			b_indent_x='false'
 			;;
 		1)	indent_full=$indent_main
-			temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $2 )
+			# temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $2 )
+			temp_count=${#2}
 			if [[ $temp_count -lt $indent_full ]];then
 				indent_working=$indent_full
 			else
@@ -2649,7 +2651,7 @@ print_lines_basic()
 		# first left pad 2 and 3, then right pad them
 		2)	indent_full=$(( $indent_main + 6 ))
 			indent_inner=3
-			temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $2 )
+			temp_count=${#2}
 			if [[ $temp_count -lt $indent_inner ]];then
 				indent_working=$indent_inner
 			else
@@ -2660,7 +2662,7 @@ print_lines_basic()
 			;;
 		3)	indent_full=$(( $indent_main + 8 ))
 			indent_inner=3
-			temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $2 )
+			temp_count=${#2}
 			if [[ $temp_count -lt $indent_inner ]];then
 				indent_working=$indent_inner
 			else
@@ -2671,7 +2673,7 @@ print_lines_basic()
 			;;
 		# for long options
 		4)	indent_full=$(( $indent_main + 8 ))
-			temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $2 )
+			temp_count=${#2}
 			if [[ $temp_count -lt $indent_full ]];then
 				indent_working=$indent_full
 			else
@@ -2689,13 +2691,16 @@ print_lines_basic()
 	line_count=$(( $line_width - $indent_full ))
 	
 	# bash loop is so slow, only run this if required
-	if [[ $( wc -c <<< $3 ) -gt $line_count ]];then
+	# temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $3 )
+	temp_count=${#3}
+	if [[ $temp_count -gt $line_count ]];then
 		for word in $3
 		do
 			temp_string="$print_string$spacer$word"
 			spacer=' '
 			# note: wc -c here will return +1 actual string length
-			temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $temp_string )
+			#temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $temp_string )
+			temp_count=${#temp_string}
 			if [[ $temp_count -lt $line_count ]];then
 				print_string=$temp_string # lose any white space start/end
 				# echo -n $(( $line_width - $indent_full ))
@@ -8730,7 +8735,8 @@ calculate_line_length()
 	local string="$1"
 	# ansi:  irc: \x0312
 	string=$( sed -e "s/\x1b\[[0-9]\{1,2\}\(;[0-9]\{1,2\}\)\{0,2\}m//g" -e "s/\\\x0[0-9]\{1,3\}//g" <<< $string )
-	count=$( wc -c <<< $string )
+	# count=$( wc -c <<< $string )
+	count=${#string}
 	echo $count
 }
 
@@ -9287,7 +9293,7 @@ print_cpu_flags_full()
 	eval $LOGFS
 	# note: sort only sorts lines, not words in a string, so convert to lines
 	local cpu_flags_full="$( echo $1 | tr " " "\n" | sort )" 
-	local a_cpu_flags='' line_starter=''
+	local a_cpu_flags='' line_starter='' temp_count=''
 	local i=0 counter=0 max_length=85 max_length_minus=15 flag='' flag_data=''
 	local line_length_max='' flag_feature='Flags'
 	
@@ -9305,8 +9311,9 @@ print_cpu_flags_full()
 		else
 			line_length_max=$max_length
 		fi
-		
-		if [[ $( wc -c <<< ${a_cpu_flags[$counter]} ) -gt $line_length_max ]];then
+		# temp_count=$( wc -c <<< ${a_cpu_flags[$counter]} )
+		temp_count=${#a_cpu_flags[$counter]}
+		if [[ $temp_count -gt $line_length_max ]];then
 			(( counter++ ))
 		fi
 	done