diff --git a/jacobi/serial/not_opt/script/write_paramfile.sh b/jacobi/serial/not_opt/script/write_paramfile.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# NAME: write_paramfile
-# PURPOSE: to write a user defined paramfile for the X NBody app
-# USAGE: write_paramfile [template_file] [paramfile_to_write]      \
-#                        [DeleteOutputFiles] [OutputDir]           \
-#                        [OMP threads] [N]
-
-function write_paramfile()
-{
-    local TEMPLATE=$1
-
-    # check if TEMPLATE is a regular file
-    if [ ! -f ${TEMPLATE} ]
-    then
-	echo "${TEMPLATE} is not a regular file.. aborting..."
-	return 1
-    fi
-
-    # copy template file
-    local PARAMFILE=$2
-    cp -v ${TEMPLATE} ${PARAMFILE}
-
-    local DELETE_OUTPUT_FILES=$3
-    local OUTPUTDIR=$4
-    local THREADS=$5
-    local N=$6
-    
-    # add parameters
-    echo "DeleteOutputFiles ${DELETE_OUTPUT_FILES}" >> ${PARAMFILE}
-    echo "OutputDir         ${OUTPUTDIR}"           >> ${PARAMFILE}
-    echo "RequestedNThreads ${THREADS}"             >> ${PARAMFILE}
-    echo "N                 ${N}"                   >> ${PARAMFILE}
-
-    echo "${PARAMFILE} written"
-    
-    return 0
-}