diff --git a/tools/extract-all-patch-data.sh b/tools/extract-all-patch-data.sh
index 5b89071b..6d8d9a55 100644
--- a/tools/extract-all-patch-data.sh
+++ b/tools/extract-all-patch-data.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ rm -f "$OUTPUT"
 pushd "$1" >/dev/null
 
 for filename in *.patch; do
-    (echo "Filename: $filename"; cat "$filename") | bash "$SCRIPT" >>"$OUTPUT"
-done
-
-sort -k1 -t"|" -o $OUTPUT $OUTPUT
+    (echo "Filename: $filename"; cat "$filename") | bash "$SCRIPT"
+done | sort -k1 -t"|" -o "$OUTPUT"
 
 sed -i '1s/^/| Patch | Message |\n/' $OUTPUT
 sed -i '2s/^/|--------|--------|\n/' $OUTPUT