diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
index 71ff848941..d9ccf35404 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
@@ -1366,14 +1366,14 @@ defaultroute    # put this if you want that PPP server will be your
 	all 3 stages automatic:</para>
 
       <programlisting>#!/bin/sh
-ps ax |grep pppd |grep -v grep
-pid=`ps ax |grep pppd |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pgrep -l pppd
+pid=`pgrep pppd`
 if [ "X${pid}" != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing pppd, PID=' ${pid}
         kill ${pid}
 fi
-ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep
-pid=`ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pgrep -l kermit
+pid=`pgrep kermit`
 if [ "X${pid}" != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing kermit, PID=' ${pid}
         kill -9 ${pid}
@@ -1395,14 +1395,14 @@ pppd /dev/tty01 19200</programlisting>
         to disconnect the PPP line:</para>
 
       <programlisting>#!/bin/sh
-pid=`ps ax |grep pppd |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pid=`pgrep pppd`
 if [ X${pid} != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing pppd, PID=' ${pid}
         kill -TERM ${pid}
 fi
 
-ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep
-pid=`ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pgrep -l kermit
+pid=`pgrep kermit`
 if [ "X${pid}" != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing kermit, PID=' ${pid}
         kill -9 ${pid}
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ kermit -y /etc/ppp/kermit.hup
 	this:</para>
 
       <programlisting>#!/bin/sh
-pid=`ps ax| grep pppd |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pid=`pgrep pppd`
 if [ X${pid} != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'pppd running: PID=' ${pid-NONE}
 else
@@ -1517,14 +1517,14 @@ modem                           # modem line</programlisting>
 	server:</para>
 
       <programlisting>#!/bin/sh 
-ps ax |grep pppd |grep -v grep
-pid=`ps ax |grep pppd |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pgrep -l pppd
+pid=`pgrep pppd`
 if [ "X${pid}" != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing pppd, PID=' ${pid}
         kill ${pid}
 fi
-ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep
-pid=`ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pgrep -l kermit
+pid=`pgrep kermit`
 if [ "X${pid}" != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing kermit, PID=' ${pid}
         kill -9 ${pid}
@@ -1544,14 +1544,14 @@ pppd /dev/tty01 19200</programlisting>
 	stop the server:</para>
 
       <programlisting>#!/bin/sh 
-ps ax |grep pppd |grep -v grep
-pid=`ps ax |grep pppd |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pgrep -l pppd
+pid=`pgrep pppd`
 if [ "X${pid}" != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing pppd, PID=' ${pid}
         kill ${pid}
 fi
-ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep
-pid=`ps ax |grep kermit |grep -v grep|awk '{print $1;}'`
+pgrep -l kermit
+pid=`pgrep kermit`
 if [ "X${pid}" != "X" ] ; then
         echo 'killing kermit, PID=' ${pid}
         kill -9 ${pid}