diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/udpcat.awk b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/udpcat.awk
index 6a3c2c166..2a688c735 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/udpcat.awk
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/udpcat.awk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ BEGIN {
   xcatdhost = ARGV[1]
   delete ARGV[1]
   delete ARGV[2]
-  RS=""
+  RS=rand()
 }
 END {
   print $0 |& "/inet/udp/301/"xcatdhost"/"xcatdport