diff --git a/intr_ b/intr_
index e33ec81..6df0588 100755
--- a/intr_
+++ b/intr_
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
 
   case ${STAT_TYPE} in
     cpu)
-		cat ${STATFILE} | ${AWK} '{ FS = "[ ]{2,}" }  /^cpu/{split($1,name,":"); print name[1]".value "$2}'
+		${AWK} '
+{ FS = "[ ]{2,}" }  
+/^cpu/ {
+	split($1,name,":");
+	print name[1]".value "$2;
+}' ${STATFILE}
 		;;
   esac 
 
@@ -70,7 +75,14 @@ elif [ "$1" == "config" ]; then
 		echo "graph_vlabel interrupts / second"
 		echo "graph_category system"
 		
-		cat ${STATFILE} | ${AWK} '{ FS = "[ ]{2,}" }  /^cpu/{split($1,name,":"); print name[1]".label "$1"\n"name[1]".type DERIVE\n"name[1]".min 0"}'
+		${AWK} '
+{ FS = "[ ]{2,}" }  
+/^cpu/ {
+	split($1,name,":"); 
+	print name[1]".label "$1;
+	print name[1]".type DERIVE";
+	print name[1]".min 0";
+}' ${STATFILE}
 	;;
   esac