diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index e8891b4..155af67 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ __read_ssh_agents() {
   # Read all the known ssh agent sockets into an array.
   # Returns: 0 = Processed and read the agents file without issue.
   #          1 = Error processing/reading the agents file.
-  local ERR FD I SOCK
+  local ERR I SOCK
 
   [[ ! -e "$HOME/.ssh/agents" ]] && touch "$HOME/.ssh/agents"
 
   # Lock the ~/.ssh/agents file.
   if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "Linux" ]]; then
     # Linux has 'flock', thankfully.
-    exec {FD}<"$HOME/.ssh/agents" && flock -E 10 -e -w 0.5 "$FD"
+    exec 9<"$HOME/.ssh/agents" && flock -E 10 -e -w 0.5 9
     ERR=$?
     if (( ERR == 10 )); then
       printf "\\033[1;31m%s\\033[39m\\n" "Failed to obtain lock on ~/.ssh/agents." >&2
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ __read_ssh_agents() {
     for ((I = 0; I <= 5; I++)); do
       if shlock -p "$$" -f "$HOME/.ssh/agents.lock"; then
         exec 9<"$HOME/.ssh/agents"
-        FD="9"
         # Make note of the mtime for use in write_ssh_agents.
         SSH_AGENTS_MTIME="$(stat -f %Fm "$HOME/.ssh/agents")"
         ERR=0
@@ -216,13 +215,13 @@ __read_ssh_agents() {
   fi
 
   # Read the socket list (bash v2+ compliant)
-  while read -u "$FD" -r SOCK; do
+  while read -u 9 -r SOCK; do
     [[ -n "$SOCK" ]] && SSH_AUTH_SOCKS+=("$SOCK")
   done
   ERR=$?
 
   # Close the file descriptor (which on Linux releases the flock too).
-  : "$FD"<&-
+  exec 9<&-
 
   # On Darwin, release the lock on the file.
   rm -f  "$HOME/.ssh/agents.lock"
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ __write_ssh_agents() {
   # Returns: 0 = Processed and wrote the agents file without issue.
   #          1 = Error processing/writing the agents file.
   #          2 = The SSH_AUTH_SOCKS array may be out of date as the agents file'a mtime has changed.
-  local FD ERR I J MTIME SOCKS
+  local ERR I J MTIME SOCKS
 
   # Add the current agent socket to the sockets array.
   SSH_AUTH_SOCKS=("$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" "${SSH_AUTH_SOCKS[@]}")
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ __write_ssh_agents() {
     (( ${MTIME/\.} > SSH_AGENTS_MTIME )) && return 2
 
     # Lock the agents file.
-    exec {FD}>"$HOME/.ssh/agents" && flock -E 10 -e -w 0.5 "$FD"
+    exec 9<"$HOME/.ssh/agents" && flock -E 10 -e -w 0.5 9
     ERR=$?
     if (( ERR == 10 )); then
       printf "\\033[1;31m%s\\033[39m\\n" "Failed to obtain lock on ~/.ssh/agents." >&2
@@ -284,8 +283,7 @@ __write_ssh_agents() {
     # Do locking the sucky way on OSX.
     for ((I = 0; I <= 5; I++)); do
       if shlock -p "$$" -f "$HOME/.ssh/agents.lock"; then
-        exec 9>"$HOME/.ssh/agents"
-        FD="9"
+        exec 9<"$HOME/.ssh/agents"
         ERR=0
         break
       else
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ __write_ssh_agents() {
   [[ -n "${SOCKS[*]}" ]] && { printf "%s\\n" "${SOCKS[@]}" >"$HOME/.ssh/agents" 2>/dev/null; ERR=$?; }
 
   # Release locks.
-  : "$FD"<&-
+  exec 9<&-
   rm -f  "$HOME/.ssh/agents.lock"
 
   # Error out if the data couldn't be written.
@@ -368,6 +366,9 @@ imagebin() {
   curl -F file="@$1" https://imagebin.ca/upload.php | grep '^url:' | cut -d: -f2-
 }
 
+# Determine the platform being logged into.
+PLATFORM="$(uname -s)"
+
 # Make bash a little more pleasent - these are valid for all versions.
 shopt -s cdspell checkhash checkwinsize cmdhist histappend no_empty_cmd_completion
 
@@ -451,9 +452,6 @@ hash ssh ssh-add >/dev/null 2>&1 && ssh() {
   command "${_EXEC:-${FUNCNAME[0]}}" "$@"
 }
 
-# Determine the platform being logged into.
-PLATFORM="$(uname -s)"
-
 # Platform specific set up.
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]]; then
   # Linux specific functions.