switching ubuntu back and removing line continuation

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   cloc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
   # This process seems independent from the others
   build_snap:
     name: Build Snap
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ jobs:
           cd ./dist/snap
           snapcraft
 
-          sha256sum bw_${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}_amd64.snap | \ 
-            awk '{split($0, a); print a[1]}' > bw-snap-sha256-${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}.txt
+          sha256sum bw_${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}_amd64.snap | awk '{split($0, a); print a[1]}' > bw-snap-sha256-${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}.txt
 
       - name: Install Snap 
         run: sudo snap install ./dist/snap/bw*.snap --dangerous
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish_snap:
     name: Publish Snap
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build_snap
     if: github.event_name == 'release'
     steps:
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ jobs:
   # Could be moved out a level
   publish_npm:
     name: Publish NPM
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
     if: github.event_name == 'release'
     steps: