diff --git a/egs/tedlium3/ASR/prepare.sh b/egs/tedlium3/ASR/prepare.sh
index 243438e28..7557152b5 100644
--- a/egs/tedlium3/ASR/prepare.sh
+++ b/egs/tedlium3/ASR/prepare.sh
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ if [ $stage -le 6 ] && [ $stop_stage -ge 6 ]; then
 
     if [ ! -f $lang_dir/transcript_words.txt ]; then
       log "Generate data for BPE training"
-      cat data/lang_phone/train.text | cut -d " " -f 2-
-      > $lang_dir/transcript_words.txt
+      cat data/lang_phone/train.text |
+      cut -d " " -f 2- > $lang_dir/transcript_words.txt
       # remove the <unk> for transcript_words.txt
       sed -i 's/ <unk>//g' $lang_dir/transcript_words.txt
       sed -i 's/<unk> //g' $lang_dir/transcript_words.txt