diff --git a/tests/lorem.txt b/tests/lorem.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acff698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lorem.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris eros
+arcu, egestas non pellentesque non, euismod eu nibh. Proin arcu metus,
+dapibus vitae sodales rhoncus, suscipit vel nulla. Etiam lorem est,
+aliquam ut fringilla sit amet, condimentum et quam. Duis eu arcu odio,
+at pulvinar nisi. Morbi condimentum eros ut turpis rhoncus
+pharetra. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et
+malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Nam et nulla enim. Etiam fringilla
+eleifend neque, at posuere ante lacinia a. Duis orci tortor, dictum ac
+gravida ac, euismod eu leo. Sed eget dolor tortor. Pellentesque
+venenatis, lectus eu vulputate porta, libero ipsum convallis mi, sit
+amet vehicula arcu elit sit amet odio.
+
+Fusce iaculis massa metus, id sagittis diam. Praesent molestie ante
+vel odio tincidunt auctor. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis
+parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Duis rutrum vehicula nisl
+eget condimentum. In in justo nisl. Nullam id arcu at nisl eleifend
+pretium. Nulla interdum ligula id elit mollis dictum a sit amet
+quam. Nullam iaculis laoreet ipsum at tempus. Vestibulum in cursus
+dui. Curabitur porta lectus eget urna bibendum congue eget elementum
+nisi. Proin sit amet lectus ut neque iaculis consectetur eu sit amet
+nibh. Maecenas rhoncus dolor ac nunc gravida blandit. Fusce sem felis,
+aliquam a porttitor a, porta quis odio.
+
+Nunc purus lorem, sollicitudin non ultricies id, porta vitae
+enim. Nulla tristique gravida leo ut suscipit. Phasellus vitae turpis
+libero. Proin ac purus dolor, in suscipit magna. Sed et enim
+arcu. Morbi semper aliquet suscipit. Aenean laoreet condimentum massa,
+eu pharetra magna fermentum ut. Morbi euismod convallis tortor, eget
+fringilla lacus sagittis non. Nullam bibendum posuere feugiat.
+
+In at pulvinar massa. Mauris nunc lectus, mollis et malesuada
+pharetra, cursus sed lacus. Integer dolor urna, interdum a mollis at,
+vestibulum non nisl. Sed in urna tortor. Mauris arcu felis, volutpat
+quis euismod vel, congue sit amet ipsum. Morbi in aliquet purus. Duis
+cras amet.
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index 999c882..a561433 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -480,28 +480,10 @@ fdtget_tests () {
 fdtput_tests () {
     dts=label01.dts
     dtb=$dts.fdtput.test.dtb
+    text=lorem.txt
 
-    # Create some test files containing useful strings
-    base=tmp.test0
-    file1=tmp.test1
-    file2=tmp.test2
-    bigfile1=tmp.test3
-    bigfile2=tmp.test4
-
-    # Filter out anything the shell might not like
-    cat $dts | tr -d "'\"\n\;/\.\*{}\-" | tr -s "[:blank:]" " " >$base
-
-    # Make two small files
-    head -5 $base >$file1
-    cat $file1 | tr a-z A-Z | cut -c10-30 | sort -r >$file2
-
-    # and two larger ones
-    cat $base > $bigfile1
-    tac $base | tr a-z A-Z | sort -r >$bigfile2
-
-    # Allow just enough space for both file1 and file2
-    space=$(( $(stat -c %s $file1) + $(stat -c %s $file2) ))
-    run_dtc_test -O dtb -p $space -o $dtb $dts
+    # Allow just enough space for $text
+    run_dtc_test -O dtb -p $(stat -c %s $text) -o $dtb $dts
 
     # run_fdtput_test <expected-result> <file> <node> <property> <flags> <value>
     run_fdtput_test "a_model" $dtb / model -ts "a_model"
@@ -514,12 +496,10 @@ fdtput_tests () {
 	-tbx "a b c ea ad be ef"
     run_fdtput_test "a0b0c0d deeaae ef000000" $dtb /randomnode blob \
 	-tx "a0b0c0d deeaae ef000000"
-    run_fdtput_test "`cat $file1 $file2`" $dtb /randomnode blob \
-	-ts "`cat $file1`" "`cat $file2`"
+    run_fdtput_test "$(cat $text)" $dtb /randomnode blob -ts "$(cat $text)"
 
-    # This should be larger than available space in the fdt ($space)
-    run_wrap_error_test $DTPUT $dtb /randomnode blob \
-	-ts "`cat $bigfile1`" "`cat $bigfile2`"
+    # This should be larger than available space in the fdt
+    run_wrap_error_test $DTPUT $dtb /randomnode blob -ts "$(cat $text $text)"
 
     # TODO: Add tests for verbose mode?
 }