diff --git a/snippets/javascript/javascript.snippets b/snippets/javascript/javascript.snippets
index 9649bdce5..78c651ebd 100644
--- a/snippets/javascript/javascript.snippets
+++ b/snippets/javascript/javascript.snippets
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ snippet sym
 snippet ed
 	export default ${0}
 snippet ${
-	${${1}}${0}
+	\${${1}}${0}
 snippet as "async"
 	async ${0}
 snippet aw "await"
diff --git a/snippets/jsp.snippets b/snippets/jsp.snippets
index db185b2ad..a53c415b4 100644
--- a/snippets/jsp.snippets
+++ b/snippets/jsp.snippets
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ snippet cremove
 snippet ccatch
 	<c:catch var="${0}" />
 snippet cif
-	<c:if test="${${1}}">
+	<c:if test="\${${1}}">
 		${0}
 	</c:if>
 snippet cchoose
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ snippet cchoose
 		${0}
 	</c:choose>
 snippet cwhen
-	<c:when test="${${1}}">
+	<c:when test="\${${1}}">
 		${0}
 	</c:when>
 snippet cother
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ snippet cother
 		${0}
 	</c:otherwise>
 snippet cfore
-	<c:forEach items="${${1}}" var="${2}" varStatus="${3}">
+	<c:forEach items="\${${1}}" var="${2}" varStatus="${3}">
 		${0:<c:out value="$2" />}
 	</c:forEach>
 snippet cfort
 	<c:set var="${1}">${2:item1,item2,item3}</c:set>
-	<c:forTokens var="${3}" items="${$1}" delims="${4:,}">
+	<c:forTokens var="${3}" items="\${$1}" delims="${4:,}">
 		${0:<c:out value="$3" />}
 	</c:forTokens>
 snippet cparam
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ snippet cimport+
 	</c:import>
 snippet curl
 	<c:url value="${1}" var="${2}" />
-	<a href="${$2}">${0}</a>
+	<a href="\${$2}">${0}</a>
 snippet curl+
 	<c:url value="${1}" var="${2}">
 		<c:param name="${4}" value="${5}" />
 		cparam+${0}
 	</c:url>
-	<a href="${$2}">${3}</a>
+	<a href="\${$2}">${3}</a>
 snippet credirect
 	<c:redirect url="${0}" />
 snippet contains
diff --git a/snippets/perl6.snippets b/snippets/perl6.snippets
index 21ddf5bd0..aa7406059 100644
--- a/snippets/perl6.snippets
+++ b/snippets/perl6.snippets
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ snippet ife
 		${3}
 	}
 snippet eif
-	elsif ${1) {
+	elsif ${1} {
 		${2}
 	}
 # Conditional One-line
diff --git a/snippets/sh.snippets b/snippets/sh.snippets
index 2ce67ec4f..4f08e8974 100644
--- a/snippets/sh.snippets
+++ b/snippets/sh.snippets
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ snippet go
 	done
 # Set SCRIPT_DIR variable to directory script is located.
 snippet sdir
-	SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+	SCRIPT_DIR="\$( cd "\$( dirname "\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 # getopt
 snippet getopt
 	__ScriptVersion="${1:version}"