diff --git a/scripts/common.properties b/scripts/common.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index b772e6ba745987452820ee6f87fef6fc346d4bde..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/common.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-DATA_DIR=<somewhere common for the data>
-GAMS_MODEL=<where the gams code file is located>
-
-SPATIAL_DIR_NAME=halfdeg
-CELL_SIZE_X=0.5
-
-YIELD_DIR=<might actually need to be in scenario specific one, or change to have a base plus RCP specific dir or something>LPJG_PLUM_expt1.2_rcp26_forED
-
diff --git a/scripts/stopRange.sh b/scripts/stopRange.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3b343904a9cd49dee7d07d81833900c2a980ada4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/stopRange.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+        echo need 2 argument to specify parameters
+        exit 0
+fi
+
+for ((i=$1; i<=$2; i++ ))
+do
+   #echo "qdel $i"
+   qdel $i
+done
diff --git a/scripts/testScenarios b/scripts/testScenarios
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index 8541a71bb8bef5d5a7beff2c1f29c0fe63c64321..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/testScenarios
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-scenario,SSP_SCENARIO,MAX_IMPORT_CHANGE,TECHNOLOGY_CHANGE_ANNUAL_RATE,FRED
-s1,SSP2_v9_130325,0.3,0.01,F1
-s2,SSP1_v9_130325,0.5,0.04,F2
-s3,SSP1_v9_130325,0.5,0.04,F3
-s4,SSP1_v9_130325,0.5,0.04,F3
-s5,SSP1_v9_130325,0.5,0.04,F3