diff --git a/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh b/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh
index aff2fa35f..fa0b7e0ad 100644
--- a/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh
+++ b/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ t=/usr/src/etc/binary_sizes
 if [ "$1" = big ]
 then t=$t.big
 fi
-chmem =250000 /usr/lib/* /usr/lib/i386/*
+chmem =250000 /usr/lib/* /usr/lib/i386/* >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ -f $t ]
 then	cat "$t" | while read line
-	do	awk '{ print "chmem =" $2 " " $1 }'
+	do	awk '{ print "chmem =" $2 " " $1 " >/dev/null 2>&1 "}'
 	done | /bin/sh
 fi