diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
index 0cacb76cb..8aec64958 100644
--- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@
   referenced in some test suites, and in one of Perl's configuration files
   as well:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" &gt; /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; EOF
+"127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" 
+::1        localhost
+EOF</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>In order for user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to be
   able to login and for the name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, there