diff --git a/tools/text_processing/text_processing/sort.xml b/tools/text_processing/text_processing/sort.xml
index c4affe05a6..c2ed61e8f1 100644
--- a/tools/text_processing/text_processing/sort.xml
+++ b/tools/text_processing/text_processing/sort.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <command>
 <![CDATA[
         (
-            LC_ALL=C
+            LC_ALL=C;
             #if int($header) > 0:
                 sed -u '${header}'q &&
             #end if