diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/test61.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/test61.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SERVER1=parallel-server3
+SERVER2=parallel-server2
+
+echo '### Test --return of weirdly named file'
+stdout parallel --return {} -vv -S $SERVER1 echo '>'{} ::: 'aa<${#}" b'
+rm 'aa<${#}" b'
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/test61 b/testsuite/wanted-results/test61
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+### Test --return of weirdly named file
+ssh parallel-server3 PARALLEL_SEQ=$PARALLEL_SEQ\;export PARALLEL_SEQ\;PARALLEL_PID=$PARALLEL_PID\;export PARALLEL_PID\; echo\ \>aa\\\<\\\${\\\#}\\\"\\\ b;_EXIT_status=$?; rsync -rlDzR -essh  parallel-server3:././aa\\\<\\\${\\\#}\\\"\\\ b ./; exit $_EXIT_status;