diff --git a/contrib/merge_updates_unix.sh b/contrib/merge_updates_unix.sh
index e72c5e7b883..b70f0f36eba 100644
--- a/contrib/merge_updates_unix.sh
+++ b/contrib/merge_updates_unix.sh
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-#!/bin/bashcat ../sql/updates/world/*.sql > world_update.sql
+#!/bin/bash
+cat ../sql/updates/world/*.sql > world_update.sql