diff --git a/lsf.sh b/lsf.sh
index adbfc6c..6fc0f73 100755
--- a/lsf.sh
+++ b/lsf.sh
@@ -67,26 +67,7 @@ i=0;for x in "${pc[@]}"; do echo "pc[$i]=$x";             let i++;done
 }
 
 _lsf_cached=
-
-lsf(){
-	local o_showallperm=1 o_showuser=1 o_showgroup=1
-	local o_mostrecent=0 opts=mgupf opt
-	while getopts $opts'h' opt; do
-		case $opt in
-		f) _lsf_cached=;;
-		p) o_showallperm=0;;
-		u) o_showuser=0;;
-		g) o_showgroup=0;;
-		m) o_mostrecent=1;;
-		?) echo "usage: $0 [-$opts] [dir]"
-		   return 1;;
-		esac
-	done
-
-	[ "$_lsf_cached" ] || _lsf_cached="$(_lsf_begin)"
-	local program='BEGIN{'"$_lsf_cached"'
-now='"$(date +%s)"'
-}
+_lsf_program='
 function printff(id, n) {
 	len=f[id "s"]
 	for(i=0;i<=len;i++) {
@@ -122,19 +103,19 @@ function fixlen(str, len) {
 	our_perm=or(or((is_me)?uperm:0, (is_us)?gperm:0), operm)
 
 	printf(pc[our_perm] "%o " clr, our_perm)
-	if('$o_showallperm') {
+	if(OSP) {
 		printf(pc[uperm] "%o" clr, uperm)
 		printf(pc[gperm] "%o" clr, gperm)
 		printf(pc[operm] "%o " clr, operm)
 	}
 
-	if('$o_showuser') {
+	if(OSU) {
 		name=fixlen((uid in unames)?unames[uid]:uid, 6)
 		if(is_me) name=YEL name clr
 		printf("%s ", name)
 	}
 
-	if('$o_showgroup') {
+	if(OSG) {
 		name=fixlen((gid in gnames)?gnames[gid]:gid, 6)
 		if(is_us) name=YEL name clr
 		printf("%s ", name)
@@ -143,14 +124,14 @@ function fixlen(str, len) {
 	da=$(NF-4)
 	dc=$(NF-3)
 	dm=$(NF-2)
-	if(!'$o_mostrecent') {
-		printff("time", now-da)
-		printff("time", now-dm)
-		printff("time", now-dc)
-	} else {
+	if(OMR) {
 		max=(da>dm)?da:dm
 		max=(max>dc)?max:dc
 		printff("time", now-max)
+	} else {
+		printff("time", now-da)
+		printff("time", now-dm)
+		printff("time", now-dc)
 	}
 
 	# print filename by killing all fields not part of it
@@ -158,12 +139,31 @@ function fixlen(str, len) {
 	print
 }'
 
+lsf(){
+	local o_showallperm=1 o_showuser=1 o_showgroup=1
+	local o_mostrecent=0 opts=mgupf opt
+	while getopts $opts'h' opt; do
+		case $opt in
+		f) _lsf_cached=;;
+		p) o_showallperm=0;;
+		u) o_showuser=0;;
+		g) o_showgroup=0;;
+		m) o_mostrecent=1;;
+		?) echo "usage: $0 [-$opts] [dir]"
+		   return 1;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	[ "$_lsf_cached" ] || _lsf_cached="$(_lsf_begin)"
+
 	shift $((OPTIND-1))
-	find "${1:-.}" -maxdepth 1 -exec stat -t {} + | awk --non-decimal-data "$program"
+	find "${1:-.}" -maxdepth 1 -exec stat -t {} + | awk --non-decimal-data \
+-v"now=$(date +%s)" -v"OMR=$o_mostrecent" -v"OSU=$o_showuser" \
+-v"OSG=$o_showgroup" -v"OSP=$o_showallperm" "BEGIN{$_lsf_cached}$_lsf_program"
 }
 
 case $- in
  *i*) ;;
-   *) lsf -f
+   *) lsf -f /var/lib
 esac