diff --git a/util/crayftnpreproc-wrapper b/util/crayftnpreproc-wrapper
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-#! /bin/bash
-#
-# crayftnpreproc-wrapper --- wrapper to produce Cray ftn style front-end
-#                            preprocessor output on stdout
-#
-# Copyright  (C)  2014  Nathanael Hübbe <nathanael.huebbe@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
-#                       Thomas Jahns <jahns@dkrz.de>
-#
-# Author: Nathanael Hübbe <nathanael.huebbe@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
-#         Thomas Jahns <jahns@dkrz.de>
-# Maintainer: Thomas Jahns <jahns@dkrz.de>
-# URL: https://www.dkrz.de/redmine/projects/scales-ppm
-#
-# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-# modification, are  permitted provided that the following conditions are
-# met:
-#
-# Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-# this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-#
-# Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-# documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-#
-# Neither the name of the DKRZ GmbH nor the names of its contributors
-# may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
-# without specific prior written permission.
-#
-# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
-# IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
-# TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
-# PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER
-# OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
-# EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
-# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
-# PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
-# NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
-# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-#
-#
-# Wrapper for the ftn command to write preprocessed fortran files to stdout.
-#
-test x"$DEBUG" = x || set -x
-set -e
-# create temp directory for intermediate .i-files
-temporaries=$(mktemp -d -t)
-trap "rm -rf $temporaries" EXIT
-callDir=$PWD
-
-declare -i i j
-declare -a inargs outargs preprocessedFiles
-inargs=("$@")
-j=0
-# filter -o option and argument from flags
-for (( i = 0 ; i < ${#inargs[@]} ; i++ )) ; do
-	case ${inargs[i]} in
-		(-o) i=$((i + 1)) ;;
-		(-o*) ;;
-                (-eZ) ;;
-	        (-e*Z*)
-			outargs[j]=${inargs[i]//Z/}
-			j=$((j + 1))
-		;;
-                (-e)
-                  case ${inargs[i+1]} in
-                    (Z)
-                      # drop lone -e Z entirely
-                      ((++i))
-                      ;;
-                    (*Z*)
-                      # filter Z from other arguments
-		      outargs[j]=${inargs[i]}
-		      outargs[j+1]=${inargs[i+1]//Z/}
-                      ((++i))
-		      j=$((j + 2))
-                      ;;
-                    # copy everything else verbatim
-		    (*)
-		      outargs[j]=${inargs[i]}
-		      j=$((j + 1))
-		      ;;
-                  esac
-                  ;;
-		(*)
-			outargs[j]=${inargs[i]}
-			j=$((j + 1))
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-# find non-option arguments at end of input and convert to absolute
-# path if necessary
-for (( i = ${#outargs[@]} - 1 ; i >= 0 ; i-- )) ; do
-	[[ -r "${outargs[i]}" ]] || break
-	case ${outargs[i]} in
-		(/*) ;;
-		(*) outargs[i]="$callDir/${outargs[i]}" ;;
-	esac
-done
-j=0
-# use previous loop termination to build list of
-# names of .i-files produced by compiler
-for (( i = i + 1 ; i < ${#outargs[@]} ; i++ )) ; do
-	preprocessedFiles[j]="${outargs[i]%.*}.i"
-	preprocessedFiles[j]=${preprocessedFiles[j]##*/}
-	j=$((j + 1))
-done
-
-# switch to temp directory to no pollute working directory
-cd "$temporaries"
-
-# find compiler if not set
-if [ "${FC+set}" != set ]; then
-	for F90C in ftn '' ; do
-		test -n "$F90C" || exit 1
-		set +e
-		F90BIN=`which $F90C 2>/dev/null`
-		set -e
-		test ! -x "$F90BIN" || break
-	done
-fi
-FC=${FC-$F90C}
-
-# run compiler to produce preprocessor output
-${FC} -eP "${outargs[@]}"
-# pipe sanitized preprocessor output to stdout
-grep -v -h '^#' "${preprocessedFiles[@]}"
-
-#
-# Local Variables:
-# license-project-url: "https://www.dkrz.de/redmine/projects/scales-ppm"
-# license-default: "bsd"
-# coding: utf-8
-# End:
-#
diff --git a/util/serialrun.in b/util/serialrun.in
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--- a/util/serialrun.in
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-#! @SHELL@
-if [ "$1" = -n ]; then
-   shift ; shift
-fi
-exec "$@"