diff --git a/test/getfasta/test-getfasta.sh b/test/getfasta/test-getfasta.sh
index 64dbcd55995dbeee46b07be902bfbdbbb040f012..fcc06c45d5b7c4055468db4b436c0f25afd477d4 100644
--- a/test/getfasta/test-getfasta.sh
+++ b/test/getfasta/test-getfasta.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # aggggggggg
 # cggggggggg
 
+BT=../../bin/bedtools
+
 check()
 {
 	if $1 = $2; then
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ check()
 }
 
 echo "    getfasta.t01...\c"
-LINES=$(echo $'chr1\t1\t10' | ../../bin/bedtools getfasta -fi t.fa -bed stdin -fo - | awk 'END{ print NR }')
+LINES=$(echo $'chr1\t1\t10' | $BT getfasta -fi t.fa -bed stdin -fo - | awk 'END{ print NR }')
 if [ "$LINES" != "2" ]; then
     echo fail
 else
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "    getfasta.t02...\c"
-LEN=$(../../bin/bedtools getfasta -split -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo stdout | awk '(NR == 2){ print length($0) }')
+LEN=$($BT getfasta -split -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo stdout | awk '(NR == 2){ print length($0) }')
 if [ "$LINES" != "2" ]; then
     echo fail
 else
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "    getfasta.t03...\c"
-SEQ=$(../../bin/bedtools getfasta -split -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo stdout | awk '(NR == 4){ print $0 }')
+SEQ=$($BT getfasta -split -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo stdout | awk '(NR == 4){ print $0 }')
 if [ "$SEQ" != "cta" ]; then
     echo fail
 else
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ fi
 
 # test -fo -
 echo "    getfasta.t04...\c"
-SEQ=$(../../bin/bedtools getfasta -split -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo - | awk '(NR == 4){ print $0 }')
+SEQ=$($BT getfasta -split -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo - | awk '(NR == 4){ print $0 }')
 if [ "$SEQ" != "cta" ]; then
     echo fail
 else
@@ -51,9 +53,9 @@ fi
 
 # test -split with -s -
 echo "    getfasta.t05...\c"
-SEQ=$(../../bin/bedtools getfasta -split -s -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo - | awk '(NR == 4){ print $0 }')
+SEQ=$($BT getfasta -split -s -fi t.fa -bed blocks.bed -fo - | awk '(NR == 4){ print $0 }')
 if [ "$SEQ" != "tag" ]; then
     echo fail
 else
     echo ok
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/test/groupBy/test-groupby.sh b/test/groupBy/test-groupby.sh
index f95782a9a3853a0cf2fd0e68a530a58f70da5fdc..424bd4df75fe030c569e7ae408ca01d1cc8498b2 100644
--- a/test/groupBy/test-groupby.sh
+++ b/test/groupBy/test-groupby.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-lines_a=$(../../bin/groupBy -g 3-1 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
-lines_b=$(../../bin/groupBy -g 1-3 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
-lines_c=$(../../bin/groupBy -g 1,2,3 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
-lines_d=$(../../bin/groupBy -g 1-2,3 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
+BT=../../bin/bedtools
+
+lines_a=$($BT groupby -g 3-1 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
+lines_b=$($BT groupby -g 1-3 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
+lines_c=$($BT groupby -g 1,2,3 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
+lines_d=$($BT groupby -g 1-2,3 -o collapse -c 4 -i ../map/values3.bed | wc -l)
 
 check(){
     if [ "$1" != "$2" ]; then
@@ -15,13 +17,13 @@ check $lines_a $lines_d
 
 
 H=$(head -n 1 values3.header.bed)
-A=$(../../bin/bedtools groupby -i values3.header.bed -g 1,2,3 -c 4 -o concat -inheader | head -n 1)
+A=$($BT groupby -i values3.header.bed -g 1,2,3 -c 4 -o concat -inheader | head -n 1)
 
 if [ "$A" != $'chr1\t0\t10\ta1' ]; then
         echo "fail groupby"
 fi
 
-B=$(../../bin/bedtools groupby -i values3.header.bed -g 1,2,3 -c 4 -o concat -header | head -n 1)
+B=$($BT groupby -i values3.header.bed -g 1,2,3 -c 4 -o concat -header | head -n 1)
 
 if [ "$B" != $'#chrom\tstart\tend\tconcat(A)' ]; then
         echo "fail groupby"