diff --git a/tests/gts_compare.sh b/tests/gts_compare.sh
index 678d8b571..14592d6ea 100755
--- a/tests/gts_compare.sh
+++ b/tests/gts_compare.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ echo "Test: comparing the same files" >> $fLog
 echo "file: $gts_file" >> $fLog
 ${tools_dir}/gts_compare $gts_file $gts_file
 
+${tools_dir}/gts_compare -v -c totalLength $gts_file $gts_file > /dev/null
+
 #----------------------------------------------------
 # Test: comparing with skip
 #----------------------------------------------------
@@ -82,13 +84,13 @@ ${tools_dir}/gts_compare -c theMessage $temp1 $temp2
 ${tools_dir}/gts_compare -c theMessage -a $temp1 $temp2
 
 set +e
-${tools_dir}/gts_compare -c ls:n $temp1 $temp2
+${tools_dir}/gts_compare -c ls:n $temp1 $temp2 > /dev/null
 status=$?
 set -e
 [ $status -eq 1 ]
 
 set +e
-${tools_dir}/gts_compare -c ls:n -a $temp1 $temp2
+${tools_dir}/gts_compare -c ls:n -a $temp1 $temp2 > /dev/null
 status=$?
 set -e
 [ $status -eq 1 ]
diff --git a/tests/read_any.sh b/tests/read_any.sh
index f8d1a0ba1..c8972cc03 100755
--- a/tests/read_any.sh
+++ b/tests/read_any.sh
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 infile=${data_dir}/mixed.grib
 outfile=${data_dir}/read_any.out
 
-#if [ ! -f ${infile} ]
-#then
-#  echo no data to test
-#  exit 0
-#fi
-
 $EXEC $test_dir/read_any $infile > ${outfile}
 
 diff ${outfile} ${data_dir}/read_any.ok
@@ -26,10 +20,13 @@ diff ${outfile} ${data_dir}/read_any.ok
 rm -f ${outfile}
 
 count=`${tools_dir}/grib_count ${data_dir}/pad.grib`
-
 if [ $count != 6 ]; then
-  echo grib_io problem
+  echo "Error: grib_io problem"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 ${tools_dir}/grib_count -v ${data_dir}/pad.grib >/dev/null
+
+##
+$EXEC $test_dir/read_any $ECCODES_SAMPLES_PATH/reduced_gg_pl_32_grib1.tmpl
+$EXEC $test_dir/read_any $ECCODES_SAMPLES_PATH/reduced_gg_pl_32_grib2.tmpl