diff --git a/scripts/lib/common.sh b/scripts/lib/common.sh
index 692d821973..893fc342a4 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib/common.sh
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@ function run_scale_test_130_pods() {
     now="pod-130-scale-test-data-$(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%T").csv"
     echo $now
 
-    cat << EOF > $now
-    $(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%T")
-    $((SCALE_UP_DURATION_ARRAY[0])), $((SCALE_DOWN_DURATION_ARRAY[0]))
-    $((SCALE_UP_DURATION_ARRAY[1])), $((SCALE_DOWN_DURATION_ARRAY[1]))
-    $((SCALE_UP_DURATION_ARRAY[2])), $((SCALE_DOWN_DURATION_ARRAY[2]))
-    EOF
+    echo $(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%T") >> $now
+    echo $((SCALE_UP_DURATION_ARRAY[0])), $((SCALE_DOWN_DURATION_ARRAY[0])) >> $now
+    echo $((SCALE_UP_DURATION_ARRAY[1])), $((SCALE_DOWN_DURATION_ARRAY[1])) >> $now
+    echo $((SCALE_UP_DURATION_ARRAY[2])), $((SCALE_DOWN_DURATION_ARRAY[2])) >> $now
 
     cat $now
     aws s3 cp $now s3://cni-scale-test-data