diff --git a/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh b/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh
index ca0b29a9..c51c2b04 100755
--- a/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh
+++ b/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ data_file=x11_file_list.txt
 # was www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/src/everything
 download_url=http://server1.xrdp.org/xrdp/X11R7.6
 
-num_modules=`cat $data_file | wc -l`
+num_modules=`wc -l < $data_file`
 count=0
 
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