diff --git a/script/utility/filter_testcase_ids.py b/script/utility/filter_testcase_ids.py
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+++ b/script/utility/filter_testcase_ids.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# extract test case IDs from json-formatted list (`sp_testdrv.py -l` or `idp_testdrv.py -l`)
+# usage:
+#  sp_testdrv.py -l | filter_testcase_ids.py
+__author__ = 'rhoerbe'
+
+import json, sys
+jdata = json.load(sys.stdin)
+for k in jdata:
+    print k["id"]
diff --git a/script/utility/run_available_sp_tests.sh b/script/utility/run_available_sp_tests.sh
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+++ b/script/utility/run_available_sp_tests.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# run all tests that are availabe in sp_test
+/usr/bin/env python ./tt_config.py > tt_config.json
+mkdir -p log
+sp_testdrv.py -l | ./filter_testcase_ids.py | sort | ./run_list_of_tests.py
diff --git a/script/utility/run_list_of_tests.py b/script/utility/run_list_of_tests.py
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+++ b/script/utility/run_list_of_tests.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fileinput
+from subprocess import call
+
+for line in fileinput.input():
+    cmd = "./run_oper.sh " + line.rstrip()
+    print "executing " + cmd
+    call(cmd, shell=True)
+
diff --git a/script/utility/run_oper.sh b/script/utility/run_oper.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+
+sp_testdrv.py -H -d -Y -J tt_config.json -c td_config $1 2> log/$1.log