# kill active ppp daemon and other processes
 config_get ifname "$cfg" ifname
-pids="$(cat /var/run/${ifname}.pid /var/run/ppp-${cfg}.pid 2>/dev/null)"
+pids="$(head -n1 -q /var/run/${ifname}.pid /var/run/ppp-${cfg}.pid 2>/dev/null)"
 for pid in $pids; do 
        [ -d "/proc/$pid" ] && {
                kill $pid
 
 
        # make sure only one pppd process is started
        lock "/var/lock/ppp-${cfg}"
-       local pid="$(cat /var/run/ppp-${cfg}.pid 2>/dev/null)"
+       local pid="$(head -n1 /var/run/ppp-${cfg}.pid 2>/dev/null)"
        [ -d "/proc/$pid" ] && grep pppd "/proc/$pid/cmdline" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null && {
                lock -u "/var/lock/ppp-${cfg}"
                return 0