diff --git a/apps/cli/cli_pipe.c b/apps/cli/cli_pipe.c
index e4269e6f..845ee7a8 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cli_pipe.c
+++ b/apps/cli/cli_pipe.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ grep_fn(cligen_handle h,
             if ((cv = cvec_find_var(cvv, name)) != NULL)
                 cprintf(cb, "%s", cv_string_get(cv));
         }
-        retval = execl("/usr/bin/grep", "grep", "-e", cbuf_get(cb), (char *) NULL);
+        retval = execl("/bin/grep", "grep", "-e", cbuf_get(cb), (char *) NULL);
     }
  done:
     if (cb)
diff --git a/test/test_cli_pipe.sh b/test/test_cli_pipe.sh
index c30394cc..cf552b72 100755
--- a/test/test_cli_pipe.sh
+++ b/test/test_cli_pipe.sh
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ expectpart "$($clixon_cli -1 -m $mode -f $cfg show implicit config)" 0 "<paramet
 new "$mode show explicit"
 expectpart "$($clixon_cli -1 -m $mode -f $cfg show explicit config)" 0 "<parameter>" "</parameter>" "table" "value"
 
-new "$mode show implicit | grep par"
+new "$mode show implicit | grep par, expect fail"
 expectpart "$($clixon_cli -1 -m $mode -f $cfg show implicit config \| grep par 2>&1)" 255 "Unknown command"
 
-new "$mode show explicit | grep par , expect fail"
+new "$mode show explicit | grep par"
 expectpart "$($clixon_cli -1 -m $mode -f $cfg show explicit config \| grep par)" 0 "<parameter>" "</parameter>" --not-- "table" "value"
 
 new "$mode show treeref explicit | grep par"