diff --git a/install.d/26-bat.sh b/install.d/26-bat.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 756b84e..0000000
--- a/install.d/26-bat.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Description:
-#   Install bat and build theme cache from dotfiles.
-#
-
-if ! command -v bat &> /dev/null; then
-    case "$DOTS_PKG" in
-        brew)
-            brew install bat
-            ;;
-        apt)
-            sudo apt-get install -qq bat
-            # Debian installs binary as 'batcat'; symlink to 'bat'
-            if ! command -v bat &> /dev/null && command -v batcat &> /dev/null; then
-                sudo ln -sf "$(which batcat)" /usr/local/bin/bat
-            fi
-            ;;
-        pacman)
-            sudo pacman -S --noconfirm bat
-            ;;
-        *)
-            log_warn "Skipping bat install: no supported package manager found"
-            return 0
-            ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-bat --version | log_quote
-
-bat cache --build &>/dev/null
-log_pass "bat theme cache built"
diff --git a/install.d/27-preview.sh b/install.d/27-preview.sh
index 0a4e52c..8123328 100755
--- a/install.d/27-preview.sh
+++ b/install.d/27-preview.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if ! command -v chafa &> /dev/null; then
             ;;
     esac
 fi
-command -v chafa &> /dev/null && chafa --version | head -1 | log_quote
+command -v chafa &> /dev/null && chafa --version | sed -n '1p' | log_quote
 
 # pdftotext — PDF text extraction (part of poppler)
 if ! command -v pdftotext &> /dev/null; then
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ if ! command -v pdftotext &> /dev/null; then
             ;;
     esac
 fi
-command -v pdftotext &> /dev/null && pdftotext -v 2>&1 | head -1 | log_quote
+command -v pdftotext &> /dev/null && pdftotext -v 2>&1 | sed -n '1p' | log_quote
 
 log_pass "preview dependencies"
diff --git a/install.d/30-mise.sh b/install.d/30-mise.sh
index 50556c6..ec54ad5 100755
--- a/install.d/30-mise.sh
+++ b/install.d/30-mise.sh
@@ -101,15 +101,15 @@ log_info "Verifying installations..."
         echo "node $(mise exec -- node --version)"
         echo "npm $(mise exec -- npm --version)"
         mise exec -- gh --version
-        mise exec -- terraform --version | head -1
+        mise exec -- terraform --version | sed -n '1p'
         echo "firebase: $(mise exec -- firebase --version)"
-        echo "fastfetch: $(mise exec -- fastfetch --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
-        mise exec -- glow --version | head -1
+        echo "fastfetch: $(mise exec -- fastfetch --version 2>&1 | sed -n '1p')"
+        mise exec -- glow --version | sed -n '1p'
     fi
     echo "fzf $(fzf --version)"
-    bat --version | head -1
+    bat --version | sed -n '1p'
     zoxide --version
-    rg --version | head -1
-    delta --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || echo "delta: installed (version check failed)"
+    rg --version | sed -n '1p'
+    delta --version 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1p' || echo "delta: installed (version check failed)"
 } | log_quote
 log_pass "mise tools installed"
diff --git a/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh b/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh
index 32e98ff..61678e3 100755
--- a/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh
+++ b/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ if ! command -v cmatrix &> /dev/null; then
             ;;
     esac
 fi
-command -v cmatrix &> /dev/null && cmatrix -V 2>&1 | head -1 | log_quote
+command -v cmatrix &> /dev/null && cmatrix -V 2>&1 | sed -n '1p' | log_quote
 log_pass "cmatrix installed"