diff --git a/tools/collector/debian-scripts/collect_mask_passwords b/tools/collector/debian-scripts/collect_mask_passwords
index a168564d..27b79df4 100644
--- a/tools/collector/debian-scripts/collect_mask_passwords
+++ b/tools/collector/debian-scripts/collect_mask_passwords
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ for f in ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/var/log/bash.log.*.gz \
          ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/var/log/user.log.*.gz \
          ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/var/log/ldapscripts.log.*.gz
 do
-    zgrep -q 'snmp|password' $f || continue
+    zgrep -q -E 'snmp|password' $f || continue
     gunzip $f
     unzipped=${f%%.gz}
     sed -i -r 's/(snmp-comm-(delete|show))  *((\"[^\"]*\"|'\''[^'"'"']*'"'"'|[^ ]*) *){1,}/\1 xxxxxx/;
diff --git a/tools/collector/scripts/collect_mask_passwords b/tools/collector/scripts/collect_mask_passwords
index a168564d..27b79df4 100644
--- a/tools/collector/scripts/collect_mask_passwords
+++ b/tools/collector/scripts/collect_mask_passwords
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ for f in ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/var/log/bash.log.*.gz \
          ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/var/log/user.log.*.gz \
          ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/var/log/ldapscripts.log.*.gz
 do
-    zgrep -q 'snmp|password' $f || continue
+    zgrep -q -E 'snmp|password' $f || continue
     gunzip $f
     unzipped=${f%%.gz}
     sed -i -r 's/(snmp-comm-(delete|show))  *((\"[^\"]*\"|'\''[^'"'"']*'"'"'|[^ ]*) *){1,}/\1 xxxxxx/;