diff --git a/to_review/cowsay b/to_review/cowsay
index 0d7b6d8b..f150585f 100644
--- a/to_review/cowsay
+++ b/to_review/cowsay
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ _cowsay()
 	local cur prev
 
 	COMPREPLY=()
-	cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
+	cur=`_get_cword`
 	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
 
 	case $prev in
diff --git a/to_review/ldapvi b/to_review/ldapvi
index 3fee947b..324f548e 100644
--- a/to_review/ldapvi
+++ b/to_review/ldapvi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ _ldapvi()
 	local cur prev
 
 	COMPREPLY=()
-	cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
+	cur=`_get_cword`
 	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
 
 	case "$prev" in
diff --git a/to_review/rpcdebug b/to_review/rpcdebug
index 2fcda251..6c2dd539 100644
--- a/to_review/rpcdebug
+++ b/to_review/rpcdebug
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ _rpcdebug()
 	local cur prev
 
 	COMPREPLY=()
-	cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
+	cur=`_get_cword`
 	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
 
 	case $prev in
diff --git a/to_review/smartmontools b/to_review/smartmontools
index 05099a80..fc50d115 100644
--- a/to_review/smartmontools
+++ b/to_review/smartmontools
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ _smartctl()
 	local cur prev
 
 	COMPREPLY=()
-	cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
+	cur=`_get_cword`
 	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
 
 	# --name value style option