diff --git a/tests/Monitor_-_Basic.test b/tests/Monitor_-_Basic.test
index 8a26eec..a13b1df 100755
--- a/tests/Monitor_-_Basic.test
+++ b/tests/Monitor_-_Basic.test
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test "${SKIP_ALL_TESTS}" = "1" && exit 77
 true "${testSubject:?not set - call this from 'make check'}"
 true "${workFile1:?not set - call this from 'make check'}"
 
-seq 1 100 | "${testSubject}" -M in -f -l -b -- sed '1~2d' >/dev/null 2>"${workFile1}"
+seq 1 100 | "${testSubject}" -M in -f -l -b -- awk 'FNR%2==0{print}' >/dev/null 2>"${workFile1}"
 
 counterValue=$(tr '\r' '\n' < "${workFile1}" | awk '/[0-9]/{print int($1)}' | sed -n '$p')
 if ! test "${counterValue}" = "100"; then
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if ! test "${counterValue}" = "100"; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-seq 1 100 | "${testSubject}" -M out -f -l -b -- sed '1~2d' >/dev/null 2>"${workFile1}"
+seq 1 100 | "${testSubject}" -M out -f -l -b -- awk 'FNR%2==0{print}' >/dev/null 2>"${workFile1}"
 
 counterValue=$(tr '\r' '\n' < "${workFile1}" | awk '/[0-9]/{print int($1)}' | sed -n '$p')
 if ! test "${counterValue}" = "50"; then