diff --git a/check_eol b/check_eol
index 27c09078912fe16975543e68f95e99f552601bda..2a852a9236263b32237e27096827098a27494a16 100755
--- a/check_eol
+++ b/check_eol
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@
 # 2021-03-26  v1.2  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> test major version if minor version was not detected
 # 2021-11-02  v1.3  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> detect centos stream
 # 2022-02-28  v1.4  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> remove negative performance data
+# 2022-08-29  v1.5  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> fix help; shell syntax updates 
 # ======================================================================
 
-. `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
+. "$( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions"
 eolcfg="${0}-data/*.cfg"
 
-_version="1.3"
+_version="1.5"
 
 # --- limits
 typeset -i iDaysWarn=365
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ function autodetect(){
     # --- stop 2: find version number
     detectorPlugin="$0-versiondetect/detect-$myKey"
     if [ -x "$detectorPlugin" ]; then
-        myVersion=`. "$detectorPlugin"`
+        myVersion=$(. "$detectorPlugin")
     fi
     if [ -z "$myVersion" ]; then
         ph.abort "UNKNOWN: [$myKey] was not detected properly. It is unknown or output for version cannot be parsed."
@@ -108,8 +109,8 @@ function getDaysLeft(){
     local mydate=$1
     echo $mydate | grep "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]" >/dev/null
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        typeset -i local tsend=`date --date="$mydate" +%s`
-        typeset -i local daysLeft=($tsend - `date +%s`)/60/60/24
+        typeset -i local tsend=$(date --date="$mydate" +%s)
+        typeset -i local daysLeft=($tsend - $(date +%s))/60/60/24
         echo $daysLeft
     fi
 }
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ function findEolDate(){
     local bContinue=0
     while [ $bContinue = 0 ]; do
         myVerKey=$( echo $myVerKey | rev | cut -f 2- -d "." | rev )
-        line=`grep "^$myKey:$myVerKey:" $eolcfg | sort -n | tail -1`
+        line=$(grep "^$myKey:$myVerKey:" $eolcfg | sort -n | tail -1)
 
         test -z "$line" || bContinue=1
         echo $myVerKey | grep "\." >/dev/null || bContinue=1
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ function findEolDate(){
 # --- no param? show help
 
 if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+    _self=$( basename $0 )
     cat <<EOH
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
@@ -154,15 +156,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
 
 Check and of support of an OS or a product.
 The dates are defined in the files check_eol-*.cfg
-For detailed information see `basename $0`.md
+For detailed information see docs/20_Checks/check_eol.md
 
 USAGE
-  $ `basename $0` [-c CRITICAL] [-w WARING] PRODUCT VERSION
+  $ $_self [-c CRITICAL] [-w WARING] PRODUCT VERSION
 
 PARAMETERS
   PRODUCT  set a product; known product keys are listed below
 
-`grep "^[a-zA-Z]" $eolcfg | cut -f 2 -d ":" | sort -un | sed "s#^#             #g"`
+$( grep "^[a-zA-Z]" $eolcfg | cut -f 2 -d ":" | sort -u | sed "s#^#             #g" )
 
   VERSION  set a version.
            Autodetection:
@@ -175,10 +177,10 @@ OPTIONS
   -w  set warning limit; default $iDaysWarn
 
 EXAMPLES
-  `basename $0` php 7.4
-  `basename $0` -w 100 -c 30 php 7.4
-  `basename $0` os detect
-  `basename $0` php detect
+  $_self php 8.1
+  $_self -w 100 -c 30 php 8.1
+  $_self os detect
+  $_self php detect
 
 EOH
 
@@ -228,18 +230,18 @@ if [ -z "$eol" ]; then
             echo
             grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg | grep -v ":$myKey:[0-9]" | cut -f 3- -d ":"
             echo
-            echo "Maybe an admin can add the version in `grep -l "^$myKey:" $eolcfg`"
+            echo "Maybe an admin can add the version in $(grep -l "^$myKey:" $eolcfg)"
             echo "Existing/ known versions are:"
             grep "^$myKey:[0-9]" $eolcfg | cut -f 3 -d ":" | sort -un
         else
             echo "The product key [$myKey] was not detected in any version."
         fi
 else
-        myEolVer=`echo $eol | cut -f 3 -d ":"`
-        myEolEnd=`echo $eol | cut -f 4 -d ":"`
-        myComment=`echo $eol | cut -f 5 -d ":"`
+        myEolVer=$(echo $eol | cut -f 3 -d ":")
+        myEolEnd=$(echo $eol | cut -f 4 -d ":")
+        myComment=$(echo $eol | cut -f 5 -d ":")
 
-        myDaysLeft=`getDaysLeft $myEolEnd`
+        myDaysLeft=$(getDaysLeft $myEolEnd)
         # --- verify days left with limits
         ph.setStatus "ok"
         if [ $myDaysLeft -lt $iDaysWarn ]; then
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ else
         if [ $myDaysLeft -ge 0 ]; then
             ph.status "[$myKey $myEolVer] ends on $myEolEnd ... $myDaysLeft days left $myComment" 
         else
-            echo "[$myKey $myEolVer] ended on $myEolEnd ... `echo $myDaysLeft | sed 's#\-##'` days EXPIRED ALREADY !!! $myComment" 
+            echo "[$myKey $myEolVer] ended on $myEolEnd ... $(echo $myDaysLeft | sed 's#\-##') days EXPIRED ALREADY !!! $myComment" 
         fi
         echo
         grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg | grep -v ":$myKey:[0-9]" | cut -f 3- -d ":"