diff --git a/mimic-iii/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh b/mimic-iii/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh
index 0a5c8ea1..a6185342 100755
--- a/mimic-iii/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh
+++ b/mimic-iii/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ make_table_name () {
 # load data into database
 find "$MIMIC_DIR" -type f -regex '.*\.csv\(.gz\)*' | while IFS= read -r FILE; do
     make_table_name "$FILE"
-    echo "Loading $FILE .. \c"
+    printf "Loading %s .. " "$FILE"
     try duckdb "$OUTFILE" <<-EOSQL
 		COPY $TABLE_NAME FROM '$FILE' (HEADER, DELIM ',', QUOTE '"', ESCAPE '"');
 EOSQL
diff --git a/mimic-iv/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh b/mimic-iv/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh
index c0d285db..05fc4b5f 100755
--- a/mimic-iv/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh
+++ b/mimic-iv/buildmimic/duckdb/import_duckdb.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ find "$MIMIC_DIR" -type f -name '*.csv???' | sort | while IFS= read -r FILE; do
       (hosp|icu) ;; # OK
       (*) continue;
     esac
-    echo "Loading $FILE .. \c"
+    printf "Loading %s .. " "$FILE"
     OUTPUT=$(duckdb "$OUTFILE" 2>&1 <<-EOSQL
 		COPY $TABLE_NAME FROM '$FILE' (HEADER, DELIM ',', QUOTE '"', ESCAPE '"');
 EOSQL