diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_osx.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_osx.yml
index b85df0133..8b7e15e99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_osx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_osx.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 name: Run macOS-based netCDF Tests
 
 
-on: [push,pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_ubuntu.yml
index 11353eb46..618c13ed2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_ubuntu.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 name: Run Ubuntu/Linux netCDF Tests
 
-on: [push,pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on: [pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_win_mingw.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_win_mingw.yml
index 4b130a927..5ff67e1a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_win_mingw.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_win_mingw.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name: Run MSYS2, MinGW64-based Tests
 env:
   CPPFLAGS: "-D_BSD_SOURCE"
 
-on: [push,pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on: [pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/dap4_test/test_remote.sh b/dap4_test/test_remote.sh
index fdd0081fc..29f61f0d1 100755
--- a/dap4_test/test_remote.sh
+++ b/dap4_test/test_remote.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for f in $F ; do
 	QUERY="${QUERY}${QCHAR}&dap4.checksum=false"
     fi
     # Fix up QUERY
-    if test "x$QUERY" != x ; then QUERY=`echo -n $QUERY | sed -e 's/^&/?/'` ; fi
+    if test "x$QUERY" != x ; then QUERY=`echo ${QUERY} | sed -e 's/^&/?/'` ; fi
     URL="${TESTSERVER}/testfiles/${f}${QUERY}${FRAG}"
     ${NCDUMP} ${DUMPFLAGS} "${URL}" > ${builddir}/results_test_remote/${f}.ncdump
     if test "x${TEST}" = x1 ; then