diff --git a/etc/config.sh/paraview b/etc/config.sh/paraview
index f6cd6a8ce7f46312a9d42cdf118a23b6b9c5dc58..c686b32702a744de1cb79faf307d86b9fd3717c7 100644
--- a/etc/config.sh/paraview
+++ b/etc/config.sh/paraview
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # clean the PATH
-cleaned=`$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/foamCleanPath "$PATH" "$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/cmake- $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/paraview-"` && PATH="$cleaned"
+cleaned=$($WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/foamCleanPath "$PATH" \
+        "$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/cmake- \
+        $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/paraview-" \
+        ) \
+        && PATH="$cleaned"
 
 # determine the cmake to be used
 unset CMAKE_HOME
-for cmake in cmake-3.2.1 cmake-2.8.12.1 cmake-2.8.8 cmake-2.8.4 cmake-2.8.3 cmake-2.8.1
+for cmake in cmake-3.2.1 cmake-2.8.12.1 cmake-2.8.8 cmake-2.8.4 cmake-2.8.3 \
+             cmake-2.8.1
 do
     cmake=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/$cmake
     if [ -r $cmake ]
@@ -88,7 +93,8 @@ case "$ParaView_VERSION" in
 
 [0-9]*)
     # extract major from the version
-    ParaView_MAJOR=`echo $ParaView_VERSION | sed -e 's/^\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/'`
+    ParaView_MAJOR=$(echo $ParaView_VERSION | \
+                   sed -e 's/^\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/')
     ;;
 esac
 export ParaView_VERSION ParaView_MAJOR