diff --git a/modules/src/em_data/new_table b/modules/src/em_data/new_table
index 64dd50026..e703f8b15 100755
--- a/modules/src/em_data/new_table
+++ b/modules/src/em_data/new_table
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ $ed - $em_table <<'A' | awk '{print $0,'$m'+i++}' > Z
 1,/^$/d
 1,/^$/g/	/s// /gp
 A
-which awk
-cat Z
+$ed - $em_table <<'A' | awk '{print $0,'$m'+i++}'
 
 i=`wc -l <Y`
 echo 'lpseu' `expr $i + $p - 1` >>X