Index: head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/err.invalidtype.ksh
===================================================================
--- head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/err.invalidtype.ksh	(revision 271697)
+++ head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/err.invalidtype.ksh	(revision 271698)
@@ -1,34 +1,35 @@
 #! /usr/bin/ksh
 #
 #
 # This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
 # Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
 # You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
 # 1.0 of the CDDL.
 #
 # A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
 # source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
 # http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
 #
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 
 #
 # While it's hard to be completely certain that a type of the name we want
 # doesn't exist, we're going to try to pick a name which is rather unique.
 #
 
 if [ $# != 1 ]; then
         echo expected one argument: '<'dtrace-path'>'
         exit 2
 fi
 
 dtrace=$1
 t="season_8_mountain_of_madness_t"
 pid=$$
 
-rc=`$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace(pid$pid`$t)0); }"`
+$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace(pid$pid\`$t)0); }"
+rc=$?
 
 exit $rc
Index: head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/err.invalidtype2.ksh
===================================================================
--- head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/err.invalidtype2.ksh	(revision 271697)
+++ head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/err.invalidtype2.ksh	(revision 271698)
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 #! /usr/bin/ksh
 #
 #
 # This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
 # Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
 # You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
 # 1.0 of the CDDL.
 #
 # A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
 # source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
 # http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
 #
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 
 #
 # While it's hard to be completely certain that a type of the name we want
 # doesn't exist, we're going to try to pick a name which is rather
 # unique. This time we're also going to use the pid$target alias.
 #
 
 if [ $# != 1 ]; then
         echo expected one argument: '<'dtrace-path'>'
         exit 2
 fi
 
 dtrace=$1
 t="season_8_mountain_of_madness_t"
 pid=$$
 
-rc=`$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace(pid`$t)0); }"` -p $pid
+$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace(pid$pid\`$t)0); }" -p $pid
+rc=$?
 
 exit $rc
Index: head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/tst.aouttype.ksh
===================================================================
--- head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/tst.aouttype.ksh	(revision 271697)
+++ head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/tst.aouttype.ksh	(revision 271698)
@@ -1,44 +1,45 @@
 #! /usr/bin/ksh
 #
 #
 # This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
 # Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
 # You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
 # 1.0 of the CDDL.
 #
 # A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
 # source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
 # http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
 #
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 
 #
 # Lookup a type that is inside a.out.
 #
 
 if [ $# != 1 ]; then
         echo expected one argument: '<'dtrace-path'>'
         exit 2
 fi
 
 dtrace=$1
-t="season_7_lisa_the_vegetrian_t *"
+t="season_7_lisa_the_vegetarian_t *"
 exe="tst.aouttype.exe"
 
 elfdump -c "./$exe" | grep -Fq 'sh_name: .SUNW_ctf' 
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
 	echo "CTF does not exist in $exe, that's a bug" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 ./$exe &
 pid=$!
 
-rc=`$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace((pid$pid\`$t)0); exit(0); }"`
+$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace((pid$pid\`$t)0); exit(0); }"
+rc=$?
 
 kill -9 $pid
 
 exit $rc
Index: head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/tst.libtype.ksh
===================================================================
--- head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/tst.libtype.ksh	(revision 271697)
+++ head/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/test/tst/common/uctf/tst.libtype.ksh	(revision 271698)
@@ -1,45 +1,46 @@
 #! /usr/bin/ksh
 #
 #
 # This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
 # Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
 # You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
 # 1.0 of the CDDL.
 #
 # A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
 # source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
 # http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
 #
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 
 #
 # Here we want to make sure that the program in question does not have ctf data
 # in its a.out; however, we can get types out of a linked libc.
 #
 
 if [ $# != 1 ]; then
         echo expected one argument: '<'dtrace-path'>'
         exit 2
 fi
 
 dtrace=$1
 t="int"
 exe="tst.libtype.exe"
 
 elfdump -c "./$exe" | grep -Fq 'sh_name: .SUNW_ctf' 
 if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
 	echo "CTF exists in $exe, that's a bug" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 ./$exe &
 pid=$!
 
-rc=`$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace((pid$pid\`$t)0); exit(0); }"`
+$dtrace -n "BEGIN{ trace((pid$pid\`$t)0); exit(0); }"
+rc=$?
 
 kill -9 $pid
 
 exit $rc