diff --git a/src/slackpkgplus.sh b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
index a4b792d..572c6a9 100755
--- a/src/slackpkgplus.sh
+++ b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
@@ -727,7 +727,8 @@ if [ "$SLACKPKGPLUS" = "on" ];then
           #
         PKGDATA=""
         LINEIDX=""
-        PKGINFOS=$(grep -n "^${DIR} " ${TMPDIR}/pkglist | grep -w "${PAT}" | grep -m 1 "^[[:digit:]]\+:${DIR} ${ARGUMENT} ")
+        grep -n "^${DIR} " ${TMPDIR}/pkglist | grep -w "${PAT}" > ${TMPDIR}/packages.matches
+        PKGINFOS=$(grep -m 1 "^[[:digit:]]\+:${DIR} ${ARGUMENT} " ${TMPDIR}/packages.matches)
 
         if [ ! -z "$PKGINFOS" ] ; then
           LINEIDX=$(echo "$PKGINFOS" | cut -f1 -d":")