Description of problem:
In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup line 265:

    NUMDEFROUTES=`ip -o route | \
                  grep "^default" | \
                  awk '{ nlines++ } END { print nlines }'`
This is an inneficient/ silly use of awk. far better to
simply use `wc -c`   (wc is 1/10th the size of awk)

either that, or get rid of grep and change the third line
to: 
                  awk '/^default/{ nlines++ } END { print nlines }'`



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-7.14-1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Read the Source, luke!  (sorry!)
   
Actual results:
It works (a bit inefficient and kludgey, but it works)

Expected results:
elegance

Additional info: