diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 54eac95..7006009 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -627,7 +627,8 @@ DISTROS_OS_RELEASE_GOOD="arch-release SuSE-release "
 # we're saving about 10+% of the total script exec time by hand building the ban lists here, using hard quotes.
 # See github issue 75 for more details on value: *, triggers weird behaviors if present in value
 # /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name:['*']
-BAN_LIST_NORMAL='chipset|components|computing|computer|corporation|communications|electronics|electrical|electric|gmbh|group|incorporation|industrial|international|nee|revision|semiconductor|software|technologies|technology|ltd\.|\<ltd\>|inc\.|\<inc\>|intl\.|co\.|\<co\>|corp\.|\<corp\>|\(tm\)|\(r\)|®|\*|\(rev ..\)'
+# this is for bash arrays AND avoiding * in arrays: ( fred * greg ) expands to the contents of the directory
+BAN_LIST_NORMAL='chipset|components|computing|computer|corporation|communications|electronics|electrical|electric|gmbh|group|incorporation|industrial|international|nee|revision|semiconductor|software|technologies|technology|ltd\.|\<ltd\>|inc\.|\<inc\>|intl\.|co\.|\<co\>|corp\.|\<corp\>|\(tm\)|\(r\)|®|^\*$|\(rev ..\)'
 BAN_LIST_CPU='@||cpu |cpu deca|dual core|dual-core|tri core|tri-core|quad core|quad-core|ennea|genuine|hepta|hexa|multi|octa|penta|processor|single|triple|[0-9\.]+ *[MmGg][Hh][Zz]'
 
 SENSORS_GPU_SEARCH='intel|radeon|nouveau'