diff --git a/cron-scripts/motd-need-reboot b/cron-scripts/motd-need-reboot
index 167cb3c..60457a5 100755
--- a/cron-scripts/motd-need-reboot
+++ b/cron-scripts/motd-need-reboot
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 if [[ -x /usr/sbin/needrestart ]]; then
     n=$(DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive echo "" | /usr/sbin/needrestart -k -v -n 2>/dev/null | grep -c "Pending kernel upgrade\!")
-    cat ${n} > /var/cache/motd-needrestart
+    echo ${n} > /var/cache/motd-needrestart
 fi
diff --git a/cron-scripts/motd-need-upgrade b/cron-scripts/motd-need-upgrade
index 15a8b48..a44c323 100755
--- a/cron-scripts/motd-need-upgrade
+++ b/cron-scripts/motd-need-upgrade
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 n=$(apt-get -qq --just-print dist-upgrade | cut -f 2 -d " " | sort -u | wc -l)
-cat ${n} > /var/cache/cron-needupgrade
+echo ${n} > /var/cache/cron-needupgrade
 n=$(apt-get -qq --just-print autoremove | cut -f 2 -d " " | sort -u | wc -l)
-cat ${n} > /var/cache/cron-needautoremove
+echo ${n} > /var/cache/cron-needautoremove
diff --git a/cron-scripts/services-need-restart b/cron-scripts/services-need-restart
index 2dc0dbb..8af4edb 100755
--- a/cron-scripts/services-need-restart
+++ b/cron-scripts/services-need-restart
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 if [[ -x /usr/sbin/checkrestart ]]; then
     n=$(/usr/sbin/checkrestart -p | grep "Found .* processes using old versions of upgraded files")
-    cat ${n} > /var/cache/motd-service-using-old-lib
+    echo ${n} > /var/cache/motd-service-using-old-lib
 elif [[ -x /usr/sbin/needrestart ]]; then
     n=$(/usr/sbin/needrestart -l -v -n -r l 2>/dev/null | grep -c "Skipping")
-    cat ${n} > /var/cache/motd-service-need-restart
+    echo ${n} > /var/cache/motd-service-need-restart
 fi