From: Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:28:22 +0100
Subject: chkrootkit: chk_egrep

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---
 chkrootkit | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chkrootkit b/chkrootkit
index 8d044b5..568cccf 100755
--- a/chkrootkit
+++ b/chkrootkit
@@ -2406,19 +2406,22 @@ chk_biff () {
 chk_egrep () {
     STATUS=${NOT_INFECTED}
     EGREP_INFECTED_LABEL="blah"
-    CMD=`loc egrep egrep $pth`
+    CMD=$(loc egrep egrep "$pth")
+    if [ "${?}" -ne 0 ]; then
+       return "${NOT_FOUND}"
+    fi
 
     if [ "${EXPERT}" = "t" ]; then
         expertmode_output "${strings} -a ${CMD}"
         expertmode_output "${ls} -l ${CMD}"
         return 5
     fi
-    [ -z "${CMD}" ] && return ${STATUS} 
-    if ${strings} -a ${CMD} | ${egrep} "${EGREP_INFECTED_LABEL}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    [ -z "${CMD}" ] && return "${STATUS}"
+    if "${strings}" -a "${CMD}" | ${egrep} "${EGREP_INFECTED_LABEL}" > /dev/null 2>&1
     then
         STATUS=${INFECTED}
     fi
-    return ${STATUS}
+    return "${STATUS}"
 }
 
 chk_grep () {