diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_ad.sh b/dnsapi/dns_ad.sh
index 79b8c2ab..fc4a664b 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_ad.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_ad.sh
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ _get_root() {
   p=1
 
   if _ad_rest GET "domain/"; then
-    response="$(echo "$response" | tr -d "\n" | sed 's/{/\
-&/g')"
+    response="$(echo "$response" | tr -d "\n" | sed 's/{/\n&/g')"
     while true; do
       h=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f $i-100)
       _debug h "$h"
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_do.sh b/dnsapi/dns_do.sh
index fb6d7dec..3a2f8f49 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_do.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_do.sh
@@ -69,11 +69,9 @@ _dns_do_list_rrs() {
   fi
   _rr_list="$(echo "${response}" \
     | tr -d "\n\r\t" \
-    | sed -e 's/<item xsi:type="ns2:Map">/\
-/g' \
+    | sed -e 's/<item xsi:type="ns2:Map">/\n/g' \
     | grep ">$(_regexcape "$fulldomain")</value>" \
-    | sed -e 's/<\/item>/\
-/g' \
+    | sed -e 's/<\/item>/\n/g' \
     | grep '>id</key><value' \
     | _egrep_o '>[0-9]{1,16}<' \
     | tr -d '><')"
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_freedns.sh b/dnsapi/dns_freedns.sh
index d9677632..53da4118 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_freedns.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_freedns.sh
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ dns_freedns_add() {
       | grep -i -e '</\?TABLE\|</\?TD\|</\?TR\|</\?TH' \
       | sed 's/^[\ \t]*//g' \
       | tr -d '\n' \
-      | sed 's/<\/TR[^>]*>/\
-/Ig' \
+      | sed 's/<\/TR[^>]*>/\n/Ig' \
       | sed 's/<\/\?\(TABLE\|TR\)[^>]*>//Ig' \
       | sed 's/^<T[DH][^>]*>\|<\/\?T[DH][^>]*>$//Ig' \
       | sed 's/<\/T[DH][^>]*><T[DH][^>]*>/,/Ig' \
@@ -217,8 +216,7 @@ dns_freedns_rm() {
       | grep -i -e '</\?TABLE\|</\?TD\|</\?TR\|</\?TH' \
       | sed 's/^[\ \t]*//g' \
       | tr -d '\n' \
-      | sed 's/<\/TR[^>]*>/\
-/Ig' \
+      | sed 's/<\/TR[^>]*>/\n/Ig' \
       | sed 's/<\/\?\(TABLE\|TR\)[^>]*>//Ig' \
       | sed 's/^<T[DH][^>]*>\|<\/\?T[DH][^>]*>$//Ig' \
       | sed 's/<\/T[DH][^>]*><T[DH][^>]*>/,/Ig' \
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_vscale.sh b/dnsapi/dns_vscale.sh
index fcd162c9..e50b7d8b 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_vscale.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_vscale.sh
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ _get_root() {
   p=1
 
   if _vscale_rest GET "domains/"; then
-    response="$(echo "$response" | tr -d "\n" | sed 's/{/\
-&/g')"
+    response="$(echo "$response" | tr -d "\n" | sed 's/{/\n&/g')"
     while true; do
       h=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f $i-100)
       _debug h "$h"