diff --git a/alt/crond.init b/alt/crond.init
index cfddc38..116eaa5 100755
--- a/alt/crond.init
+++ b/alt/crond.init
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ start()
 	local nprocs load=
 
 	load=
-	nprocs=`egrep -cs ^cpu[0-9]+ /proc/stat ||:`
+	nprocs=`grep -Ecs ^cpu[0-9]+ /proc/stat ||:`
 	if [ "$nprocs" -gt 1 ] 2>/dev/null; then
 		load="-l $nprocs.5"
 	fi