kiss: avoid creating argument list

FossilOrigin-Name: 82ac7bc84949e2ba2781fe726c1beb9d3c0f7da1483a470a2a2326b671c3cb3d

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 1d2c00a..cdab1fd 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1234,19 +1234,15 @@ args() {
                 pkg_swap "$@"
 
             else
-                log "Alternatives:"
-
-                # Go to the choices directory and hide errors
-                # as there is nothing to list if the directory
-                # doesn't exist.
-                cd "$sys_db/../choices" 2>/dev/null
                 set +f
 
                 # Go over each alternative and format the file
                 # name for listing. (pkg_name>usr>bin>ls)
-                for pkg in *; do
-                    [ "$pkg" = '*' ] || printf '%s\n' "$pkg"
-                done | sed 's|>| /|;s|>|/|g'
+                for pkg in "$sys_db/../choices"/*; do
+                    printf '%s\n' "${pkg##*/}"
+                done |
+
+                sed 's|>| /|; s|>|/|g; /\*/d'
             fi
         ;;