diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores b/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores
index 25d91f79..7f7a955e 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ case "$os" in
 
     *)
         if [ -r /proc/cpuinfo ]; then
-            cores="$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "core id" | sort | uniq | wc -l)"
+            cores="$(grep "core id" /proc/cpuinfo | sort | uniq | wc -l)"
             if [ ${cores} -eq 0 ]; then
                 cores="1"
             fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_sockets b/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_sockets
index 42acac1c..8a8194df 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_sockets
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_sockets
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ case "$os" in
 
     *)
     if [ -r /proc/cpuinfo ]; then
-        sockets="$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "physical id" | sort | uniq | wc -l)"
+        sockets="$(grep "physical id" /proc/cpuinfo | sort | uniq | wc -l)"
         if [ ${sockets} -eq 0 ]; then
             sockets="$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "processor" | wc -l)"
         fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/memory b/cdist/conf/explorer/memory
index c7dc9fb3..a5cae048 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/memory
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/memory
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case "$os" in
 
     *)
     if [ -r /proc/meminfo ]; then
-        echo "$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep "MemTotal:" | awk '{print $2}')"
+        echo "$(grep "MemTotal:" /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}')"
     fi
     ;;
 esac