diff --git a/Shorewall2/shorewall b/Shorewall2/shorewall
index 1d09178e7..78a715473 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall2/shorewall
@@ -618,9 +618,12 @@ show_reset() {
 	echo "Counters reset $(cat $STATEDIR/restarted)" && \
 	echo
 }
-
-show_proc() {
-    echo "   $1 = $(cat $1)"
+#
+# Display's the passed file name followed by "=" and the file's contents.
+#
+show_proc() # $1 = name of a file  
+{
+    [ -f $1 ] && echo "   $1 = $(cat $1)"
 }
 
 #