--- /usr/sbin/service.old	2011-03-25 11:26:48.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/sbin/service	2011-03-25 11:27:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
               *)
                 if ! is_ignored_file "${SERVICE}" \
 		    && [ -x "${SERVICEDIR}/${SERVICE}" ]; then
-                        if ! grep -qs "\Wstatus)" "$SERVICE"; then
+                        if ! egrep -qs "\<status'?\)" "$SERVICE"; then
                           #printf " %s %-60s %s\n" "[?]" "$SERVICE:" "unknown" 1>&2
                           echo " [ ? ]  $SERVICE" 1>&2
                           continue