diff --git a/src/slackpkgplus.sh b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
index 41a0880..60aa3a6 100755
--- a/src/slackpkgplus.sh
+++ b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
@@ -916,23 +916,23 @@ if [ "$SLACKPKGPLUS" = "on" ];then
           }' l_dir=${DIR} > $PKGINFOS
 
       else # -- CMD==search
-        grep "^$DIR" /var/lib/slackpkg/pkglist|grep "/SLACKPKGPLUS_$SEARCHSTR/\|/$SEARCHSTR/\|/$SEARCHSTR \| [^ /]*$SEARCHSTR[^ /]* " > $PKGINFOS
+        grep ${GREPOPTS} "^$DIR" $WORKDIR/pkglist|grep ${GREPOPTS} "/SLACKPKGPLUS_$SEARCHSTR/\|/$SEARCHSTR/\|/$SEARCHSTR \| [^ /]*$SEARCHSTR[^ /]* " > $PKGINFOS
       fi
 
       while read PKGDIR PKGBASENAME PKGVER PKGARCH PKGBUILD PKGFULLNAME PKGPATH PKGEXT ; do
 
         # does nothing when the package has been handled ...
-        grep -q "^repo:${PKGDIR}:bname:${PKGBASENAME}:ver:${PKGVER}:fname:${PKGFULLNAME}:" $PKGLIST && continue
+        grep ${GREPOPTS} -q "^repo:${PKGDIR}:bname:${PKGBASENAME}:ver:${PKGVER}:fname:${PKGFULLNAME}:" $PKGLIST && continue
 
         # When a package P' with the same basename has been handled before the current package, this means
         # the package P' has precedence over P.
 
-        if grep -q ":bname:${PKGBASENAME}:" $PKGLIST ; then
+        if grep ${GREPOPTS} -q ":bname:${PKGBASENAME}:" $PKGLIST ; then
 
            # if the current package P is installed, this means the previous P' will be
            # proposed as an upgrade to P. In this case, the loop must continue without
            # any other action...
-          grep -q " $PKGFULLNAME " ${TMPDIR}/tmplist && continue
+          grep ${GREPOPTS} -q " $PKGFULLNAME " ${TMPDIR}/tmplist && continue
 
             # The current package P is not installed. In this case P must be shown as
             # being uninstalled and masked.