diff --git a/Shorewall6/lib.cli b/Shorewall6/lib.cli
index d737e2df8..eca500b85 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/lib.cli
+++ b/Shorewall6/lib.cli
@@ -134,18 +134,18 @@ syslog_circular_buffer() {
 packet_log() # $1 = number of messages
 {
     if [ -n "$g_showmacs" -o $VERBOSITY -gt 2 ]; then
-	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*:.*DST=' | head -n$1 | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/\[.*\] //' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
+	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*:.*DST=' | head -n$1 | tac | sed -r 's/ kernel://; s/\[.*\] //; s/0000:/:/g; s/:::+/::/g; s/:0+/:/g' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
     else
-	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*:.*DST=' |  head -n$1 | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/MAC=.* SRC=/SRC=/; s/\[.*\] '// | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
+	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*:.*DST=' |  head -n$1 | tac | sed -r 's/ kernel://; s/MAC=.* SRC=/SRC=/; s/\[.*\] //; s/0000:/:/g; s/:::+/::/g; s/:0+/:/g' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
     fi
 }
 
 search_log() # $1 = IP address to search for
 {
     if [ -n "$g_showmacs" -o $VERBOSITY -gt 2 ]; then
-	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' | grep "$1" | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/\[.*\] //' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
+	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' | grep "$1" | tac | sed -r 's/ kernel://; s/\[.*\] //; s/0000:/:/g; s/:::+/::/g; s/:0+/:/g' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
     else
-	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' |  grep "$1" | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/MAC=.* SRC=/SRC=/; s/\[.*\] '// | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
+	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' |  grep "$1" | tac | sed -r 's/ kernel://; s/MAC=.* SRC=/SRC=/; s/\[.*\] //; s/0000:/:/g; s/:::+/::/g; s/:0+/:/g' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
     fi
 }