diff --git a/tools/metadata/generator.go b/tools/metadata/generator.go
index bb8293a032..e970e1708f 100644
--- a/tools/metadata/generator.go
+++ b/tools/metadata/generator.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	inputFileData := strings.TrimRight(readFileToString(*inputFile), "\n")
-	filePaths := strings.Split(inputFileData, "\n")
+	filePaths := strings.Split(inputFileData, " ")
 	if len(filePaths) == 1 && filePaths[0] == "" {
 		writeNewlineToOutputFile(*outputFile)
 		return
diff --git a/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFiles.txt b/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFiles.txt
index 61e6a8d350..e44bc94d32 100644
--- a/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFiles.txt
+++ b/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFiles.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-file1.txt
-file2.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+file1.txt file2.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFilesNegativeCase.txt b/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFilesNegativeCase.txt
index 17a948009d..a37aa3fd5d 100644
--- a/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFilesNegativeCase.txt
+++ b/tools/metadata/testdata/inputFilesNegativeCase.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-file3.txt
-file4.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+file3.txt file4.txt
\ No newline at end of file