diff --git a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/check b/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/check
index 3181b406..03962746 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/check
+++ b/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/check
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ check()
 {
     for i ; do
         if ! command -v \$i >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo >&2 "\'$i' not found in PATH. Exiting."
+            echo "\'$i' not found in PATH. Exiting." >&2
             exit 1
         fi
     done
diff --git a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/listcopy b/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/listcopy
deleted file mode 100644
index df4a72bf..00000000
--- a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/listcopy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# name: copy list of files
-# key: listcopy
-# --
-SOURCE="$HOME"
-DEST="$TEMP"
-while read -r i; do
-    mkdir -p "$DEST/$(dirname "$i")"
-    cp -v "$SOURCE/$i" "$DEST/$(dirname "$i")"
-done <<EOF
-$0
-EOF
diff --git a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/notcmd b/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/notcmd
index 475091b5..c4cf81dd 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/notcmd
+++ b/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/notcmd
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # key: notcmd
 # --
 if ! command -v $1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo >&2 "'$1' not found in PATH. Exiting."
+    echo "'$1' not found in PATH. Exiting." >&2
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/null b/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/null
index a6e229f8..49e0a9c6 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/null
+++ b/.emacs.d/snippets/sh-mode/null
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # name: >/dev/null
 # key: null
 # --
->/dev/null$0
+>/dev/null 2>&1$0