diff --git a/src/features/processPicker.ts b/src/features/processPicker.ts
index ebdbb5ac25..0467b0700a 100644
--- a/src/features/processPicker.ts
+++ b/src/features/processPicker.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class RemoteAttachPicker {
                     placeHolder: "Select the process to attach to"
                 };
                 return vscode.window.showQuickPick(processes, attachPickOptions).then(item => {
-                    return item ? item.id : null;
+                    return item ? item.id : Promise.reject<string>(new Error("Could not find a process id to attach."));
                 });
             });
         }
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ export class RemoteAttachPicker {
 
     public static getRemoteOSAndProcesses(pipeCmd: string): Promise<AttachItem[]> {
         // Commands to get OS and processes
-        const command = `uname && if [ $(uname) == "Linux" ] ; then ${RemoteAttachPicker.linuxPsCommand} ; elif [ $(uname) == "Darwin" ] ; ` +
-            `then ${RemoteAttachPicker.osxPsCommand}; fi`;
+        const command = `bash -c 'uname && if [ $(uname) == "Linux" ] ; then ${RemoteAttachPicker.linuxPsCommand} ; elif [ $(uname) == "Darwin" ] ; ` +
+            `then ${RemoteAttachPicker.osxPsCommand}; fi'`;
 
         return execChildProcessAndOutputErrorToChannel(`${pipeCmd} "${command}"`, null, RemoteAttachPicker._channel).then(output => {
             // OS will be on first line
             // Processess will follow if listed
-            let lines = output.split(os.EOL);
+            let lines = output.split(/\r?\n/);
 
             if (lines.length == 0) {
                 return Promise.reject<AttachItem[]>(new Error("Pipe transport failed to get OS and processes."));