diff --git a/templates/TEMPLATE.sh.tpl b/templates/TEMPLATE.sh.tpl
index a30c70d8a5c6652f5de29c779d6ed12ce9a10e4f..a32d0988fde70fe71626d08003f06be8aa9f9305 100644
--- a/templates/TEMPLATE.sh.tpl
+++ b/templates/TEMPLATE.sh.tpl
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@
 # Treat unset variables as errors.
 set -u
 
-program="`(file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name))`"
-version="${1:version}"
+PROGRAM="`(file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name))`"
+VERSION="${1:version}"
 
 function usage() {
     cat <<EOF
-\$program \$version, ${2:short description }
+\$PROGRAM \$VERSION, ${2:short description }
 
 Usage:
-  \$program [OPTIONS] ${3:arguments}
+  \$PROGRAM [OPTIONS] ${3:arguments}
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function short_help() {
     cat <<EOF
 \$(usage)
 
-For more details see \$program -h.
+For more details see \$PROGRAM -h.
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ function long_help() {
     cat <<EOF
 \$(usage)
 
-\$program ${4:long description}
+\$PROGRAM ${4:long description}
 
-\$program accepts the following options:
+\$PROGRAM accepts the following options:
 
     -q
         Quiet mode.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ EOF
 
 function version() {
         cat <<EOF
-\$program, version \$version
+\$PROGRAM, version \$VERSION
 
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Copyright (C) `(format-time-string "%Y")`, Branko Majic <branko@majic.rs>                    |
@@ -94,50 +94,50 @@ EOF
 
 # Set-up colours for message printing if we're not piping and terminal is
 # capable of outputting the colors.
-_color_terminal=\$(tput colors 2>&1)
-if [[ -t 1 ]] && (( _color_terminal > 0 )); then
-    _text_bold=\$(tput bold)
-    _text_white=\$(tput setaf 7)
-    _text_blue=\$(tput setaf 6)
-    _text_green=\$(tput setaf 2)
-    _text_yellow=\$(tput setaf 3)
-    _text_red=\$(tput setaf 1)
-    _text_reset=\$(tput sgr0)
+_COLOR_TERMINAL=\$(tput colors 2>&1)
+if [[ -t 1 ]] && (( _COLOR_TERMINAL > 0 )); then
+    _TEXT_BOLD=\$(tput bold)
+    _TEXT_WHITE=\$(tput setaf 7)
+    _TEXT_BLUE=\$(tput setaf 6)
+    _TEXT_GREEN=\$(tput setaf 2)
+    _TEXT_YELLOW=\$(tput setaf 3)
+    _TEXT_RED=\$(tput setaf 1)
+    _TEXT_RESET=\$(tput sgr0)
 else
-    _text_bold=""
-    _text_white=""
-    _text_blue=""
-    _text_green=""
-    _text_yellow=""
-    _text_red=""
-    _text_reset=""
+    _TEXT_BOLD=""
+    _TEXT_WHITE=""
+    _TEXT_BLUE=""
+    _TEXT_GREEN=""
+    _TEXT_YELLOW=""
+    _TEXT_RED=""
+    _TEXT_RESET=""
 fi
 
 # Set-up functions for printing coloured messages.
 function debug() {
-    if [[ $debug != 0 ]]; then
-        echo "\${_text_bold}\${_text_blue}[DEBUG]\${_text_reset}" "\$@"
+    if [[ $DEBUG != 0 ]]; then
+        echo "\${_TEXT_BOLD}\${_TEXT_BLUE}[DEBUG]\${_TEXT_RESET}" "\$@"
     fi
 }
 
 function info() {
-    if [[ $quiet == 0 ]]; then
-        echo "\${_text_bold}\${_text_white}[INFO] \${_text_reset}" "\$@"
+    if [[ $QUIET == 0 ]]; then
+        echo "\${_TEXT_BOLD}\${_TEXT_WHITE}[INFO] \${_TEXT_RESET}" "\$@"
     fi
 }
 
 function success() {
-    if [[ $quiet == 0 ]]; then
-        echo "\${_text_bold}\${_text_green}[OK]   \${_text_reset}" "\$@"
+    if [[ $QUIET == 0 ]]; then
+        echo "\${_TEXT_BOLD}\${_TEXT_GREEN}[OK]   \${_TEXT_RESET}" "\$@"
     fi
 }
 
 function warning() {
-    echo "\${_text_bold}\${_text_yellow}[WARN] \${_text_reset}" "\$@" >&2
+    echo "\${_TEXT_BOLD}\${_TEXT_YELLOW}[WARN] \${_TEXT_RESET}" "\$@" >&2
 }
 
 function error() {
-    echo "\${_text_bold}\${_text_red}[ERROR]\${_text_reset}" "\$@" >&2
+    echo "\${_TEXT_BOLD}\${_TEXT_RED}[ERROR]\${_TEXT_RESET}" "\$@" >&2
 }
 
 # Define error codes.
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ SUCCESS=0
 ERROR_ARGUMENTS=1
 
 # Disable debug and quiet modes by default.
-debug=0
-quiet=0
+DEBUG=0
+QUIET=0
 
 # If no arguments were given, just show usage help.
 if [[ -z \${1-} ]]; then
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ fi
 # Parse the arguments
 while getopts "qdvh" opt; do
     case "\$opt" in
-	q) quiet=1;;
-	d) debug=1;;
+	q) QUIET=1;;
+	d) DEBUG=1;;
         v) version
            exit "$SUCCESS";;
         h) long_help
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ i=\$OPTIND
 shift \$(( i-1 ))
 
 # Quiet and debug are mutually exclusive.
-if [[ \$quiet != 0 && \$debug != 0 ]]; then
+if [[ \$QUIET != 0 && \$DEBUG != 0 ]]; then
     error "Quiet and debug options are mutually exclusive."
     exit "\$ERROR_ARGUMENTS"
 fi