diff --git a/clean_files.txt b/clean_files.txt
index 2242ef5e..cd7dd514 100644
--- a/clean_files.txt
+++ b/clean_files.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ completion/available/wpscan.completion.bash
 #
 plugins/available/alias-completion.plugin.bash
 plugins/available/autojump.plugin.bash
+plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
 plugins/available/basher.plugin.bash
 plugins/available/cmd-returned-notify.plugin.bash
 plugins/available/direnv.plugin.bash
diff --git a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
index 06593154..6490ab88 100644
--- a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
@@ -3,116 +3,113 @@ cite about-plugin
 about-plugin 'miscellaneous tools'
 
 function ips() {
-    about 'display all ip addresses for this host'
-    group 'base'
-    if _command_exists ifconfig
-    then
-        ifconfig | awk '/inet /{ gsub(/addr:/, ""); print $2 }'
-    elif _command_exists ip
-    then
-        ip addr | grep -oP 'inet \K[\d.]+'
-    else
-        echo "You don't have ifconfig or ip command installed!"
-    fi
+	about 'display all ip addresses for this host'
+	group 'base'
+	if _command_exists ifconfig; then
+		ifconfig | awk '/inet /{ gsub(/addr:/, ""); print $2 }'
+	elif _command_exists ip; then
+		ip addr | grep -oP 'inet \K[\d.]+'
+	else
+		echo "You don't have ifconfig or ip command installed!"
+	fi
 }
 
 function down4me() {
-    about 'checks whether a website is down for you, or everybody'
-    param '1: website url'
-    example '$ down4me http://www.google.com'
-    group 'base'
-    curl -Ls "http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/$1" | sed '/just you/!d;s/<[^>]*>//g'
+	about 'checks whether a website is down for you, or everybody'
+	param '1: website url'
+	example '$ down4me http://www.google.com'
+	group 'base'
+	curl -Ls "http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/$1" | sed '/just you/!d;s/<[^>]*>//g'
 }
 
 function myip() {
-    about 'displays your ip address, as seen by the Internet'
-    group 'base'
-    list=("http://myip.dnsomatic.com/" "http://checkip.dyndns.com/" "http://checkip.dyndns.org/")
-    for url in "${list[@]}"; do
+	about 'displays your ip address, as seen by the Internet'
+	group 'base'
+	list=("http://myip.dnsomatic.com/" "http://checkip.dyndns.com/" "http://checkip.dyndns.org/")
+	for url in "${list[@]}"; do
 		if res="$(curl -fs "${url}")"; then
-            break;
-        fi
-    done
-    res="$(echo "$res" | grep -Eo '[0-9\.]+')"
-    echo -e "Your public IP is: ${echo_bold_green-} $res ${echo_normal-}"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	res="$(echo "$res" | grep -Eo '[0-9\.]+')"
+	echo -e "Your public IP is: ${echo_bold_green-} $res ${echo_normal-}"
 }
 
 function pickfrom() {
-    about 'picks random line from file'
-    param '1: filename'
-    example '$ pickfrom /usr/share/dict/words'
-    group 'base'
-    local file=${1:-}
+	about 'picks random line from file'
+	param '1: filename'
+	example '$ pickfrom /usr/share/dict/words'
+	group 'base'
+	local file=${1:-}
 	local -i n=0 length
-    if [[ ! -r "$file" ]]; then
+	if [[ ! -r "$file" ]]; then
 		reference "${FUNCNAME[0]}" && return
 	fi
-    length="$(wc -l < "$file")"
-    n=$(( RANDOM * length / 32768 + 1 ))
-    head -n "$n" "$file" | tail -1
+	length="$(wc -l < "$file")"
+	n=$((RANDOM * length / 32768 + 1))
+	head -n "$n" "$file" | tail -1
 }
 
 function passgen() {
-    about 'generates random password from dictionary words'
-    param 'optional integer length'
-    param 'if unset, defaults to 4'
-    example '$ passgen'
-    example '$ passgen 6'
-    group 'base'
-    local -i i length=${1:-4}
+	about 'generates random password from dictionary words'
+	param 'optional integer length'
+	param 'if unset, defaults to 4'
+	example '$ passgen'
+	example '$ passgen 6'
+	group 'base'
+	local -i i length=${1:-4}
 	local pass
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 	pass="$(for i in $(eval "echo {1..$length}"); do pickfrom /usr/share/dict/words; done)"
-    echo "With spaces (easier to memorize): ${pass//$'\n'/ }"
+	echo "With spaces (easier to memorize): ${pass//$'\n'/ }"
 	echo "Without spaces (easier to brute force): ${pass//$'\n'/}"
 }
 
 # Create alias pass to passgen when pass isn't installed or
 # BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS is true.
-if ! _command_exists pass || [[ "${BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS:-}" = true ]]
-then
-  alias pass=passgen
+if ! _command_exists pass || [[ "${BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS:-}" = true ]]; then
+	alias pass=passgen
 fi
 
 if _command_exists markdown && _command_exists browser; then
-function pmdown() {
-    about 'preview markdown file in a browser'
-    param '1: markdown file'
-    example '$ pmdown README.md'
-    group 'base'
+	function pmdown() {
+		about 'preview markdown file in a browser'
+		param '1: markdown file'
+		example '$ pmdown README.md'
+		group 'base'
 
-    markdown "${1?}" | browser
-}
+		markdown "${1?}" | browser
+	}
 fi
 
 function mkcd() {
-    about 'make one or more directories and cd into the last one'
-    param 'one or more directories to create'
-    example '$ mkcd foo'
-    example '$ mkcd /tmp/img/photos/large'
-    example '$ mkcd foo foo1 foo2 fooN'
-    example '$ mkcd /tmp/img/photos/large /tmp/img/photos/self /tmp/img/photos/Beijing'
-    group 'base'
+	about 'make one or more directories and cd into the last one'
+	param 'one or more directories to create'
+	example '$ mkcd foo'
+	example '$ mkcd /tmp/img/photos/large'
+	example '$ mkcd foo foo1 foo2 fooN'
+	example '$ mkcd /tmp/img/photos/large /tmp/img/photos/self /tmp/img/photos/Beijing'
+	group 'base'
 	mkdir -p -- "$@" && cd -- "${!#}" || return
 }
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2010
 function lsgrep() {
-    about 'search through directory contents with grep'
-    group 'base'
-    ls | grep "$@"
+	about 'search through directory contents with grep'
+	group 'base'
+	ls | grep "$@"
 }
 
 function quiet() {
-    about 'what *does* this do?'
-    group 'base'
-    nohup "$@" &> /dev/null </dev/null &
+	about 'what *does* this do?'
+	group 'base'
+	nohup "$@" &> /dev/null < /dev/null &
 }
 
 function usage() {
-    about 'disk usage per directory, in Mac OS X and Linux'
-    param '1: directory name'
-    group 'base'
+	about 'disk usage per directory, in Mac OS X and Linux'
+	param '1: directory name'
+	group 'base'
 	case $OSTYPE in
 		*'darwin'*)
 			du -hd 1 "$@"
@@ -124,61 +121,60 @@ function usage() {
 }
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2144 # the glob matches only one file
-if [[ ! -e "${BASH_IT?}/plugins/enabled/todo.plugin.bash" \
-	&& ! -e "${BASH_IT?}/plugins/enabled"/*"${BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY_SEPARATOR-}todo.plugin.bash" ]]
-then
-# if user has installed todo plugin, skip this...
-    function t() {
-        about 'one thing todo'
-        param 'if not set, display todo item'
-        param '1: todo text'
-        if [[ "$*" == "" ]] ; then
-            cat ~/.t
-        else
-            echo "$*" > ~/.t
-        fi
-    }
+if [[ ! -e "${BASH_IT?}/plugins/enabled/todo.plugin.bash" &&
+	! -e "${BASH_IT?}/plugins/enabled"/*"${BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY_SEPARATOR-}todo.plugin.bash" ]]; then
+	# if user has installed todo plugin, skip this...
+	function t() {
+		about 'one thing todo'
+		param 'if not set, display todo item'
+		param '1: todo text'
+		if [[ "$*" == "" ]]; then
+			cat ~/.t
+		else
+			echo "$*" > ~/.t
+		fi
+	}
 fi
 
 if _command_exists mkisofs; then
-function mkiso() {
-    about 'creates iso from current dir in the parent dir (unless defined)'
-    param '1: ISO name'
-    param '2: dest/path'
-    param '3: src/path'
-    example 'mkiso'
-    example 'mkiso ISO-Name dest/path src/path'
-    group 'base'
+	function mkiso() {
+		about 'creates iso from current dir in the parent dir (unless defined)'
+		param '1: ISO name'
+		param '2: dest/path'
+		param '3: src/path'
+		example 'mkiso'
+		example 'mkiso ISO-Name dest/path src/path'
+		group 'base'
 
-	local isoname="${1:-${PWD##*/}}"
-	local destpath="${2:-../}"
-	local srcpath="${3:-${PWD}}"
+		local isoname="${1:-${PWD##*/}}"
+		local destpath="${2:-../}"
+		local srcpath="${3:-${PWD}}"
 
-	if [[ ! -f "${destpath%/}/${isoname}.iso" ]]; then
-        echo "writing ${isoname}.iso to ${destpath} from ${srcpath}"
-		mkisofs -V "${isoname}" -iso-level 3 -r -o "${destpath%/}/${isoname}.iso" "${srcpath}"
-    else
-		echo "${destpath%/}/${isoname}.iso already exists"
-    fi
-}
+		if [[ ! -f "${destpath%/}/${isoname}.iso" ]]; then
+			echo "writing ${isoname}.iso to ${destpath} from ${srcpath}"
+			mkisofs -V "${isoname}" -iso-level 3 -r -o "${destpath%/}/${isoname}.iso" "${srcpath}"
+		else
+			echo "${destpath%/}/${isoname}.iso already exists"
+		fi
+	}
 fi
 
 # useful for administrators and configs
 function buf() {
-    about 'back up file with timestamp'
-    param 'filename'
-    group 'base'
-    local filename="${1?}" filetime
-    filetime=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
-    cp -a "${filename}" "${filename}_${filetime}"
+	about 'back up file with timestamp'
+	param 'filename'
+	group 'base'
+	local filename="${1?}" filetime
+	filetime=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
+	cp -a "${filename}" "${filename}_${filetime}"
 }
 
 if ! _command_exists del; then
-function del() {
-    about 'move files to hidden folder in tmp, that gets cleared on each reboot'
-    param 'file or folder to be deleted'
-    example 'del ./file.txt'
-    group 'base'
-    mkdir -p /tmp/.trash && mv "$@" /tmp/.trash;
-}
+	function del() {
+		about 'move files to hidden folder in tmp, that gets cleared on each reboot'
+		param 'file or folder to be deleted'
+		example 'del ./file.txt'
+		group 'base'
+		mkdir -p /tmp/.trash && mv "$@" /tmp/.trash
+	}
 fi