diff --git a/bin/compute-classpath.sh b/bin/compute-classpath.sh
index 8f3b396ffd086e5ade4be9a556163e6502bfec84..9e8d0b785194e170bd35b2cde39b034d48c3652c 100755
--- a/bin/compute-classpath.sh
+++ b/bin/compute-classpath.sh
@@ -72,22 +72,25 @@ else
   assembly_folder="$ASSEMBLY_DIR"
 fi
 
-num_jars="$(ls "$assembly_folder" | grep "spark-assembly.*hadoop.*\.jar$" | wc -l)"
-if [ "$num_jars" -eq "0" ]; then
-  echo "Failed to find Spark assembly in $assembly_folder"
-  echo "You need to build Spark before running this program."
-  exit 1
-fi
+num_jars=0
+
+for f in ${assembly_folder}/spark-assembly*hadoop*.jar; do
+  if [[ ! -e "$f" ]]; then
+    echo "Failed to find Spark assembly in $assembly_folder" 1>&2
+    echo "You need to build Spark before running this program." 1>&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  ASSEMBLY_JAR="$f"
+  num_jars=$((num_jars+1))
+done
+
 if [ "$num_jars" -gt "1" ]; then
-  jars_list=$(ls "$assembly_folder" | grep "spark-assembly.*hadoop.*.jar$")
-  echo "Found multiple Spark assembly jars in $assembly_folder:"
-  echo "$jars_list"
-  echo "Please remove all but one jar."
+  echo "Found multiple Spark assembly jars in $assembly_folder:" 1>&2
+  ls ${assembly_folder}/spark-assembly*hadoop*.jar 1>&2
+  echo "Please remove all but one jar." 1>&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-ASSEMBLY_JAR="$(ls "$assembly_folder"/spark-assembly*hadoop*.jar 2>/dev/null)"
-
 # Verify that versions of java used to build the jars and run Spark are compatible
 jar_error_check=$("$JAR_CMD" -tf "$ASSEMBLY_JAR" nonexistent/class/path 2>&1)
 if [[ "$jar_error_check" =~ "invalid CEN header" ]]; then
diff --git a/bin/run-example b/bin/run-example
index 3d932509426fc3b2cf8366ef9a870e1954f24abd..c567acf9a6b5ce586b8e1fbd81c433eb90f6c795 100755
--- a/bin/run-example
+++ b/bin/run-example
@@ -35,17 +35,32 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ -f "$FWDIR/RELEASE" ]; then
-  export SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR="`ls "$FWDIR"/lib/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar`"
-elif [ -e "$EXAMPLES_DIR"/target/scala-$SPARK_SCALA_VERSION/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar ]; then
-  export SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR="`ls "$EXAMPLES_DIR"/target/scala-$SPARK_SCALA_VERSION/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar`"
+  JAR_PATH="${FWDIR}/lib"
+else
+  JAR_PATH="${EXAMPLES_DIR}/target/scala-${SPARK_SCALA_VERSION}"
 fi
 
-if [[ -z "$SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR" ]]; then
-  echo "Failed to find Spark examples assembly in $FWDIR/lib or $FWDIR/examples/target" 1>&2
-  echo "You need to build Spark before running this program" 1>&2
+JAR_COUNT=0
+
+for f in ${JAR_PATH}/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar; do
+  if [[ ! -e "$f" ]]; then
+    echo "Failed to find Spark examples assembly in $FWDIR/lib or $FWDIR/examples/target" 1>&2
+    echo "You need to build Spark before running this program" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR="$f"
+  JAR_COUNT=$((JAR_COUNT+1))
+done
+
+if [ "$JAR_COUNT" -gt "1" ]; then
+  echo "Found multiple Spark examples assembly jars in ${JAR_PATH}" 1>&2
+  ls ${JAR_PATH}/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar 1>&2
+  echo "Please remove all but one jar." 1>&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
+export SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR
+
 EXAMPLE_MASTER=${MASTER:-"local[*]"}
 
 if [[ ! $EXAMPLE_CLASS == org.apache.spark.examples* ]]; then