Index: tests/pybin/tools.py
===================================================================
--- tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision 107b01a853d2fa7848b6015136777f62881c1779)
+++ tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision 84b4d607b60eece5075c7419f55cd58b8d234c19)
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
 	if column:
 		cmd = "%s 2> /dev/null" % column
-		print(cmd)
 		proc = Popen(cmd, stdin=PIPE, stderr=None, shell=True)
-		proc.communicate(input=text)
+		proc.communicate(input=text + "\n")
 	else:
 		print(text)
Index: tests/test.py
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--- tests/test.py	(revision 107b01a853d2fa7848b6015136777f62881c1779)
+++ tests/test.py	(revision 84b4d607b60eece5075c7419f55cd58b8d234c19)
@@ -34,7 +34,4 @@
 # reads the directory ./.expect and indentifies the tests
 def listTests( includes, excludes ):
-	includes = [canonicalPath( i ) for i in includes] if includes else None
-	excludes = [canonicalPath( i ) for i in excludes] if excludes else None
-
 	# tests directly in the .expect folder will always be processed
 	test_list = findTests()