diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/local/shells/Patterns.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/local/shells/Patterns.java
index 88db9697460..2810a88f37b 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/local/shells/Patterns.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/local/shells/Patterns.java
@@ -98,13 +98,18 @@ public class Patterns {
 		CommandPattern curCommand;
 		ParsedOutput matchedOutput = null;
 		int commands = _theCommands.size();
-		if (_currentCommand != null) {
-			for (int i = 0; i < commands; i++) {
+		if (_currentCommand != null) 
+		{
+			
+			for (int i = 0; i < commands; i++) 
+			{
 				curCommand = (CommandPattern) _theCommands.get(i);
-				if (curCommand.matchCommand(_currentCommand)) {
+				if (curCommand.matchCommand(_currentCommand)) 
+				{
 					matchedOutput = curCommand.matchLine(theLine);
 				}
-				if (matchedOutput != null) {
+				if (matchedOutput != null) 
+				{
 					return matchedOutput;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/subsystems/shells/local/model/LocalServiceCommandShell.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/subsystems/shells/local/model/LocalServiceCommandShell.java
index a4049895d59..10776eb3072 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/subsystems/shells/local/model/LocalServiceCommandShell.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.local/src/org/eclipse/rse/subsystems/shells/local/model/LocalServiceCommandShell.java
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ public class LocalServiceCommandShell extends ServiceCommandShell
 			{
 				type = parsedMsg.type;
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				System.out.println("parsedMsg = null");
+			}
 			if (event.isError())
 			{
 				output = new RemoteError(this, type);
@@ -124,8 +128,9 @@ public class LocalServiceCommandShell extends ServiceCommandShell
 	
 	public void writeToShell(String cmd)
 	{
-		super.writeToShell(cmd);
 		_patterns.update(cmd);
+		super.writeToShell(cmd);
+
 	}
 	
 }