diff --git a/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_block_lun_perfdata b/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_block_lun_perfdata
index 83b214d2..4f36af72 100755
--- a/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_block_lun_perfdata
+++ b/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_block_lun_perfdata
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		${LUN}_write.min 0
 		${LUN}_write.draw STACK
 		EOF
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 
 	cat <<-EOF
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		${LUN}_writereq.type COUNTER
 		${LUN}_writereq.min 0
 		EOF
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 
 	cat <<-EOF
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 	echo -n "graph_order "
 	while read -r LUN ; do
                 echo -n "${LUN}_busyticks ${LUN}_idleticks ${LUN}_bta=${LUN}_busyticks_spa ${LUN}_idleticks_spa ${LUN}_btb=${LUN}_busyticks_spb ${LUN}_idleticks_spb "
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 	echo ""
 	while read -r LUN ; do
 		cat <<-EOF
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		${LUN}_load_spa.cdef 100,${LUN}_bta,${LUN}_busyticks_spa,${LUN}_idleticks_spa,+,/,*
 		${LUN}_load_spb.cdef 100,${LUN}_btb,${LUN}_busyticks_spa,${LUN}_idleticks_spa,+,/,*
 		EOF
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 
 	cat <<-EOF
 	
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		${LUN}_outstandsum.label $LUN
 		${LUN}_outstandsum.type COUNTER
 	EOF
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 
 	cat <<-EOF
 	
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		${LUN}_nonzeroreq.label $LUN
 		${LUN}_nonzeroreq.type COUNTER
 		EOF
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 
 	cat <<-EOF
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		${LUN}_implic_tr.label ${LUN} Implicit Trespasses
 		${LUN}_explic_tr.label ${LUN} Explicit Trespasses
 		EOF
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 
 	cat <<-EOF
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		${LUN}_ql_l_b.label ${LUN} Queue Length SPB
 		${LUN}_ql_l_b.cdef ${LUN}_outstandsum,${LUN}_nonzeroreq,2,/,-,${LUN}_readreq,${LUN}_writereq,+,/,${LUN}_busyticks_spb,*,${LUN}_busyticks_spb,${LUN}_idleticks_spb,+,/
 		EOF
-	done <<< $LUNLIST
+	done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ while read -r LUN ; do
 		s/Implicit Trespasses\:\ */${LUN}_implic_tr.value /p;
 		s/Explicit Trespasses\:\ */${LUN}_explic_tr.value /p;
 		' ;"
-done <<< $LUNLIST
+done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 ANSWER="$($BIGSSHCMD)"
 echo "multigraph emc_vnx_block_blocks"
 echo "$ANSWER" | grep "read\.\|write\."
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ echo -e "\nmultigraph emc_vnx_block_ticks"
 while read -r LUN ; do
 	echo "${LUN}_load_spa.value 0"
 	echo "${LUN}_load_spb.value 0"
-done <<< $LUNLIST
+done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 echo "$ANSWER" | grep "busyticks_spa\.\|idleticks_spa\."
 echo "$ANSWER" | grep "busyticks_spb\.\|idleticks_spb\."
 
@@ -387,5 +387,5 @@ echo -e "\nmultigraph emc_vnx_block_queue"
 while read -r LUN ; do
 	echo "${LUN}_ql_l_a.value 0 "
 	echo "${LUN}_ql_l_b.value 0 "
-done <<< $LUNLIST
+done <<< "$LUNLIST"
 exit 0
diff --git a/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_file_ b/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_file_
index 6645307f..a880f0d9 100755
--- a/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_file_
+++ b/plugins/emc/emc_vnx_file_
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
 fi
 
 STATSTYPE=$(echo "${0##*/}" | cut -d _ -f 1-5)
-if [ $STATSTYPE = "emc_vnx_file_nfs_stats" ]; then STATSTYPE=NFS; 
-elif [ $STATSTYPE = "emc_vnx_file_basicdm_stats" ]; then STATSTYPE=BASICDM;
+if [ "$STATSTYPE" = "emc_vnx_file_nfs_stats" ]; then STATSTYPE=NFS; 
+elif [ "$STATSTYPE" = "emc_vnx_file_basicdm_stats" ]; then STATSTYPE=BASICDM;
 else echo "Do not know what to do. Name the plugin as 'emc_vnx_file_nfs_stats_<HOSTNAME>' or 'emc_vnx_file_basicdm_stats_<HOSTNAME>'"; exit 1; fi
 # echo $STATSTYPE
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 		if [ $STATSTYPE = "NFS" ] ; then
 #nfs.v3.op data
 			member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -info nfs.v3.op | grep member_elements | sed -ne 's/^.*= //p')
-			IFS=',' read -ra graphs <<< $member_elements
+			IFS=',' read -ra graphs <<< "$member_elements"
 			cat <<-EOF 
 			multigraph vnx_emc_v3_calls_s
 			graph_title EMC VNX 5300 NFSv3 Calls per second
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 			graphs=()
 #nfs.v4.op data
 			member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -info nfs.v4.op | grep member_elements | sed -ne 's/^.*= //p')
-			IFS=',' read -ra graphs <<< $member_elements
+			IFS=',' read -ra graphs <<< "$member_elements"
 			cat <<-EOF
 			multigraph vnx_emc_v4_calls_s
 			graph_title EMC VNX 5300 NFSv4 Calls per second
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
 #							 Total    Read     Write   Suspicious   Total    Read     Write      Avg   
 #                                                      Ops/s    Ops/s    Ops/s    Ops diff    KiB/s    KiB/s    KiB/s   uSec/call
 			member_elements=$($SSH server_stats server_2 -monitor nfs.client -count 1 -terminationsummary no -titles never | sed -ne 's/^.*id=//p' | cut -d' ' -f1)
-			readarray graphs2 <<< $member_elements
+			readarray graphs2 <<< "$member_elements"
 			cat <<-EOF
 
 			multigraph vnx_emc_nfs_client_ops_s
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ for server in $nas_servers; do
 	if [ $STATSTYPE = "BASICDM" ] ; then
 member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -count 1 -terminationsummary no -titles never | grep '^[^[:space:]]')
 #       NUMCOL=5
-        IFS=$' ' read -ra graphs <<< $member_elements
+        IFS=$' ' read -ra graphs <<< "$member_elements"
 
         echo "multigraph emc_vnx_cpu_percent"
         echo "${server}_cpuutil.value ${graphs[1]}"
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -count 1 -terminationsummary no -tit
         echo "${server}_stor_write.value ${graphs[5]}"
 
         member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -monitor kernel.memory -count 1 -terminationsummary no -titles never | grep '^[^[:space:]]')
-        IFS=$' ' read -ra graphs <<< $member_elements
+        IFS=$' ' read -ra graphs <<< "$member_elements"
 
         echo -e "\nmultigraph emc_vnx_memory"
         echo "${server}_total.value ${graphs[14]}"
@@ -432,10 +432,10 @@ member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -count 1 -terminationsummary no -tit
 #nfs.v3.op data
 	member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -monitor nfs.v3.op -count 1 -terminationsummary no -titles never | sed -ne 's/^.*v3/v3/p')
 	NUMCOL=5
-	LINES=$(wc -l <<< $member_elements)
+	LINES=$(wc -l <<< "$member_elements")
 	while IFS=$'\n' read -ra graphs ; do
 		element+=( $graphs )
-	done <<< $member_elements
+	done <<< "$member_elements"
 
 	echo "multigraph vnx_emc_v3_calls_s"
 	for ((i=0; i<$((LINES)); i++ )); do
@@ -457,10 +457,10 @@ member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -count 1 -terminationsummary no -tit
 #nfs.v4.op data
 	member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -monitor nfs.v4.op -count 1 -terminationsummary no -titles never | sed -ne 's/^.*v4/v4/p')
 	NUMCOL=5
-	LINES=$(wc -l <<< $member_elements)
+	LINES=$(wc -l <<< "$member_elements")
 	while IFS=$'\n' read -ra graphs ; do
 		element+=( $graphs )
-	done <<< $member_elements
+	done <<< "$member_elements"
 
 	echo -e "\nmultigraph vnx_emc_v4_calls_s"
 	for ((i=0; i<$((LINES)); i++ )); do
@@ -483,10 +483,10 @@ member_elements=$($SSH server_stats $server -count 1 -terminationsummary no -tit
 	echo -e "\nmultigraph vnx_emc_nfs_client_ops_s"
         member_elements=$($SSH server_stats server_2 -monitor nfs.client -count 1 -terminationsummary no -titles never | sed -ne 's/^.*id=//p')
 	NUMCOL=9
-        LINES=$(wc -l <<< $member_elements)
+        LINES=$(wc -l <<< "$member_elements")
 	while IFS=$'\n' read -ra graphs; do
 		element+=($graphs)
-	done  <<< $member_elements
+	done  <<< "$member_elements"
 	for (( i=0; i<$((LINES)); i++ )); do
 		client=$( echo ${element[i*$NUMCOL]} | sed -ne 's/\./_/pg')
                echo "${server}_${client}_r".value "${element[$i*$NUMCOL+2]}"