diff --git a/tests/all.sh b/tests/all.sh

--- a/tests/all.sh

+++ b/tests/all.sh

@@ -106,17 +106,18 @@

 ############################## run_tests ###############################

 # run test suites defined in TESTS variable, skip scripts defined in

 # TESTS_SKIP variable

 ########################################################################

 run_tests()

 {

     for TEST in ${TESTS}

     do

-        echo "${TESTS_SKIP}" | grep "${TEST}" > /dev/null

+        echo "Checking if ${TEST} should be skipped based on skip list [${TESTS_SKIP}]"

+        echo "${TESTS_SKIP}" | grep -w "${TEST}" > /dev/null

         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

             continue

         fi

         SCRIPTNAME=${TEST}.sh

         echo "Running tests for ${TEST}"

         echo "TIMESTAMP ${TEST} BEGIN: `date`" 

         (cd ${QADIR}/${TEST}; . ./${SCRIPTNAME} 2>&1)