diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d09a63c1e..467e03466 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 autom4te.cache
-mlr
+c/mlr
+go/mlr
 mlrd
 mlrg
 mlrp
diff --git a/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0001/cmd b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0001/cmd
index 2d44ce19e..731929ddc 100644
--- a/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0001/cmd
+++ b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0001/cmd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-mlr --from regtest/input/abixy-het put -q 'dump {"a"."b":$a.$b}'
+mlr --from regtest/input/abixy-het put -q -f ${CASEDIR}/mlr
diff --git a/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0001/mlr b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0001/mlr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26afe68b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0001/mlr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dump {"a"."b":$a.$b}
diff --git a/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0002/cmd b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0002/cmd
index 13690fe4e..731929ddc 100644
--- a/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0002/cmd
+++ b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0002/cmd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-mlr --from regtest/input/abixy-het put -q 'func f(a, b) { return {"a"."b":a.b} } dump f($a, $b)'
+mlr --from regtest/input/abixy-het put -q -f ${CASEDIR}/mlr
diff --git a/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0002/mlr b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0002/mlr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..961b82c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/regtest/cases/dsl-map-variant-dumps/0002/mlr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+func f(a, b) {
+  return {"a"."b":a.b}
+}
+
+dump f($a, $b)