diff --git a/count_links.sh b/count_links.sh
index e705593..2f7cc81 100755
--- a/count_links.sh
+++ b/count_links.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #/usr/bin/env bash
 BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
-cat "$BASEDIR/README.md" | cut -d'(' -f2 | cut -d')' -f1 | egrep "^http*" | sort -u | wc -l
+cat "$BASEDIR/README.md" | cut -d'(' -f2 | cut -d')' -f1 | egrep "^http*" | sort -u | wc -l | tr -d ' '